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Schwabacher, Uncial

Uncial initials begin new chapters or important sections of text. The text is set in Schwabacher; however some capital letters look like Rotunda.

Hufnagel notation

Measurements:

full-length staff (b2r): 92 x 12 mm

The quality of the musical examples is quite low, and the notation is quite crudely cut. In the first chapters of the edition smaller music examples (width c. 33 mm) are included in the text (a6-a8). The first full-length staff appears on b2r. Sometimes the printer uses a f-clef and a c-clef in one system, sometimes he only uses a c-clef.

example in theory book

Examples of intonations, recitation formulas, exercises for solmisation, etc. Music pages: [1-7?], a8, b2-b7 = 12 [+?] pp.

Copies:

*A-MB, *A-Wn, D-Tu, PL-WRu

Secondary literature:

Ammel, Winfried. Michael Keinspeck und sein Musiktraktat Lilium Musicae Planae, Basel 1496. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1970
Duggan, Mary Kay. Printing and Reform. The Beginning of Music Printing in German-speaking Lands in the Fifteenth Century. (under review)