Contains three sets of nine responsories for Holy Week, with a title page for each set. Copied by two main scribes, one of whom also wrote portions of BolSP 35. The hymn by Willaert on ff. 58-61 is an addition in another hand (the same hand wrote ff. 94'-96 of BolSP 25). Voice parts are arranged in inverted choirbook format.

black void mensural

A new title page, pasted over original title page (f. 1), bears the date 1696, apparently date of restoration of the manuscript; original title page is dated 1585, which may be date of an earlier restoration.

Staff height 25.

Original foliation, 1-62, on upper right rectos.

Large black inked calligraphic primary initials.

paper

1 hymn, 27 motets = 28

(Willaert)-1, anon-27

62 paper folios, 615 x 420; each folio consists of two pages glued together for extra strength. Original foliation, 1-62. No index. The manuscript contains three sets of nine responsories for Holy Week, with a title page for each set; the hymn by Willaert is an addition at the end in another hand. The voice parts are arranged in inverted choirbook format. Large black inked calligraphic primary initials.

Mid-16th century; a new title page, pasted over original title page (f. 1), bears the date 1696, apparently date of restoration of the manuscript; original title page is dated 1585, which may be date of an earlier restoration. Copied and used at San Petronio in Bologna.

Vol 4

Physical: Modern foliation, 1-62, on upper right rectos. Copied by two main scribes; ff. 58-61 copied by third scribe, who also wrote ff. 94'-96 of BolSP 25. Staff height 25.

Date: "MDLXXXV" [= 1585] on title page probably represents date of original copying, not date of later restoration (Call).