Title page:

Clarissima plane atq𝔷 chora||lis musice interp̃tatio Dñi || Balthasser Praspergij Merspurgeñ.|| cũ certissīs regulis atq𝔷 Exẽploꝝ Ano||tacionibꝰ & figuris multũ splẽdidis In || Alma Basileoꝝ vniuersitate exercitata||

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.||

C3v: Arms of Basel: two dragons supporting a shield with a bishop’s crozier.

Basel

Theory book

Printed specifically for Basel University (as noted on title page); two editions published in 1501 (vdm 638 and vdm 358). A-Wn belongs to vdm 638. Comparison with vdm 358: title page slightly different; quire A seems to be newly set; then quires B and C (including all the music) are exactly the same.

title woodcut: image of lady musica with a harp on the right; on the left a teacher pointing to solmisation syllables in a banderole on the top.

Latin

Autopsy copy:

A-Wn 396.004-B

D-Mbs