woodcut

Rotunda, Uncial

Uncials often used as capitals to introduce sections. Types 1, 4 (Proctor).

Hufnagel notation; Mensural notation

Measurements:

example on (A3v), C faut etc.: 98 x 9.5 mm

Hufnagel notation on two to five lines, mensural notation also on four lines. Several scalae compositoriae.

example in theory book

Three parts: 1. Musica plana (A-B), 2. Musica mensurabilis (C-D), 3. Ars componendi et contrapunctus (E-F).

Copies:

*A-Wn, *B-Br, D-GI, *D-Mbs, *E-Sco, GB-Cu, GB-Lbl, *US-Wc

Sachs, Klaus-Jürgen. Musiklehre im Studium der Artes: Die "Musica" (Köln 1507) des Johannes Cochläus. Vol. 1. Olms: Hildesheim, Zürich, New York 2015. (59-199)

Secondary literature:

Worstbrock‪, Franz Josef , ed. Deutscher Humanismus, 1480-1520: Verfasserlexikon, 2 volumes. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2009- (1:443)
Proctor, Robert. An Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. Part II. MDI-MDXX. Section I. Germany. London: Kegan Paul, 1903 (61, 10488)