Title page:

Clarissima plane atq𝔷 choralis || musice interpretatio Dñi Bal||thasser Praspergij Merspurgeñ. cū || certissimis regulis atq𝔷 Exēploꝝ Ano||tacionibꝰ & figuris multū splēdidis || Jn Alma Basileorum vniuersitate || exercitata.|| [woodcut] ||

Colophon:

Finis musices ex Orphei lyra et || Saphus cythara manate atq𝔷 per venerabi⸗||lem dñm Balthasser praspergiu𝔷 Merspur⸗||geñ. In nobili ac preclaro Basileorum stu⸗||dio proceltico: diligentia exactissima exami||nate. Rogatu tandem auditorum per proui||dum virum Michaelem Furter Ciuē Basi||lieñ Impresse. Anno xp̃iane salutis suꝑ Mil||lesimum quingentesimo primo.||

Basel

Theory book

Printed specifically for Basel University (as noted on title page). There are two editions of this book published in the same year by the same printer. There are minor variations between these editions in the title page.

A2r-A2v: In musices artis laudem || modica prefacio.|| (preface)

The title woodcut shows an image of lady musica with a harp on the right. On the left there is a teacher pointing to solmisation syllables in a banderole on the top (94 x 103 mm).

Latin

None

Autopsy copy:

D-Mbs Mus.th. 1257

D-Mbs, US-Wc