Codicology, pt. 1
SUPPORT: Parchment
1. Med/Ren Frag. 24, recto
parchment from northern Europe
2. Med/Ren Frag. 86, verso
parchment from southern Europe
3. Plimpton MS 29, f.
70v
parchment made from a spotted animal
4. UCB 130:f1200:23, recto
amount of show-through as indication of thinness of parchment
5. Plimpton MS 078, ff. 98v-99
lack of observance of hair-to-hair, flesh-to-flesh
6. Western MS 04, ff.
102v-103
insertion of parchment singleton to receive major decoration (painted initial)
7. X87.T27, ff. 119v-120
oily parchment
8. Lodge MS 08, f. 11
second-rate piece of parchment used, with bad area near margin
9. Plimpton MS 070, f. 113v
ink spreading on poorly prepared parchment
10. Plimpton MS 125, f. 29
stitched repair avoided by scribe
11. X878.L43, f.23
red wiggly line over bad parchment
12. Western MS 37, f. 116
hole in parchment outlined in red ink
13. UCB 063, f. ii verso
washed leaf; animal spine running horizontally across center of leaf
14. Western MS 24, f. 24v
palimpsest, with underlying writing perpendicular to text; centered catchword
15. Plimpton MS 146, f. 4
dry point ruling perpendicular to present text from previous use (or intended use) of parchment
SUPPORT: Paper
16. Plimpton MS 006,
ff.69v-70
mixed parchment and paper
17. Med/Ren Frag. 41, recto
paper with watermark
18. Western MS 24, f. 89
blank sheet of paper with watermark, felt side
19. Western MS 24, f. 85v
osmosis of ink into poorly prepared paper
PRICKING
20. Plimpton MS 043, f. 88v
pricking in both margins
21. UCB 130:f1100:04, verso
pricking in both margins, but on the gutter side, rather close to text
22. Plimpton MS 268, ff. 108v-109
slash form of pricking in outer margins
23. Plimpton MS 165, f. 1v
round holes for pricking
24. Plimpton MS 161, f. 6
two rows of pricking marks, slightly overlapping, 17 per row
25. Plimpton MS 194,
f. 7v
single pricking hole just below last ruled line
RULING
26. Med/Ren Frag. 42, recto
dry point ruling, this side with ridges
27. Med/Ren Frag.
42, verso
dry point ruling, this side with furrows
28. Plimpton MS 048, f.1
excessive force used in dry point ruling (see line 8, "appetitus")
29. Med/Ren Frag.
22, verso
ruling by crayon (scratchy, brown, waxy)
30. Smith Med/Ren
Frag. 25, recto
ruling in lead, writing above top line
31. Med/Ren Frag.
55, verso
ruling in ink
32. Med/Ren Frag.
46, verso
ruling in both lead (for horizontal text lines) and ink (for bounding lines)
33. UCB 147, f. 78v
(same ms as Plimpton 030) glossed psalter with very complex ruling in lead, gloss above top line; center column ruled independently
34. Plimpton MS 061, f.
86
extra ruling in lead added in margin as needed for commentary
35. Plimpton MS 023, f. 1v
frame ruled
36. Med/Ren Frag. 25, verso
ruling in pale red ink (typical of such books of hours)
37. Med/Ren Frag.
31, verso
ruling in pale red ink, added to a printed book of hours
38. Plimpton MS 040A, f.1
space for the minims delimited by ruling above and below
SIGNATURES
39. Plimpton MS 052, f. 38v
quire number "v" on last verso
40. UCB 003, f. 49
first leaf of a 12-leaf quire, labelled "Quintus sexternus"
41. Plimpton MS 076, f. 150
leaf signature as stacked zeros
42. Plimpton MS 107, f.12
quire and leaf signature
43. Plimpton MS 105, f. 21
very odd quire/leaf signatures: here, the 1st leaf of the third quire, hence "c" but it
continues d, e, f, g; then the next quire goes "d" (e, f. g. h, i), etc.
44. Plimpton MS 076, ff. 150v-151
red cross in the gutter of the center bifolium
45. Plimpton MS 050,
ff. 71v-72
opening with same stitched repair in upper margins of leaves 7 and 8 of quire
CATCHWORDS
46. Med/Ren Frag. 05, verso
centered catchword
47. Plimpton MS 070, f. 32v
catchword centered below text, enclosed in sketch of a fish; drops of wax?
48. Plimpton Add. MS 05, f.16v
catchword placed towards gutter
49. Plimpton MS 106, f. 10v
vertical catchword, top to bottom, between flourishes
INK
50. Lodge MS 18, f. 42v
flaking ink in an Italian text; centered catchword
51. Plimpton MS 162, f. 1
black, red and green ink used for text
52. Plimpton MS 287, f. 1
ruling in gold, text written in silver ink
53. Plimpton MS 210, f. 1
heading in gold ink
COLORS
54. Plimpton MS 051, recto
"typical" romanesque colors
55. Med/Ren Frag.
23, verso
"typical" northern European gothic colors
56. Med/Ren Frag. 62, verso
"typical" southern European gothic colors
57. UCB, Music Library MS 752, f. 5
light blue and orange in initial; "traditional" red in adjacent rubric
58. Plimpton MS 280, f. 2
"typical" English gothic colors
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