TEXTS ON MUSIC IN ENGLISH
School of Music
University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0100
(phone: [402] 472-2507; Internet: plefferts1@unl.edu)
Data entry: Peter M. Lefferts
Checked by: Peter Slemon
Approved by: Peter M. Lefferts
Fn and Ft: TUCKEM_MLBLA103
Author: Anonymous
Title: On colors in music
Source: London, British Library, Additional 10366, ff. 97v-98r, 106v.
[-f.97v-] [Nota bene in marg.] Rede to blacke ys sequealtra As thus: [Lr,L]
The blake long contenyzth as much as the rede
And halfe as much more. wherefor thar must nedes be betwen them sesquealtra et est diapente in sonis
Yelow to blake ys superseptiparciens nonas scilicet 16 ad 9 et continet in sonis bis diatessaron
Blew to blake ys sesquetercia sicut 4 ad 3 et in sonis vocatur diatessaron
Grene to blake ys sesqueoctaua et est in sonis tonus
Fild red to fild blake. and voyd red to voyd blake ys alway sesquealtra As thus [Lr,L] and thus [Lrv,Lv]
Voyd blake to fild blake. or voyd red to fild rede ys alway dupla
Voyd rede to fild [to f del.] blake ys tripla
Voyd blake to voyd rede ys sesquetercia
[-f.98r-] [material in Latin]
Colores requesyt to musycal proporsyons byeth thes
Blake Grene blew rede yelow
Colores in ordine sunt isti
Blake grene yelwe blewe rede sangwyn purpull
Grene to blake and red to blew ys proporcio sesqueoctaua
Item blew to blake and yelwe to blew ys proporcio sesquetercia
Item red to blake ys sesquealtra. Item rede to grene sesquetercia
Item Rede to blew sesqueoctona.
[-ff.98v-106r-] [material in Latin]
[-f.106v-] Blacke full ys perfet of the more
Blacke voyde ys perfet of the lesse
Rede full ys imperfet of the more
Red voyde ys imperfet of the lesse
Rede full to blacke full ys sesqealtera 3|2|
Red voyde to blacke full ys tripla
Blacke voyde to blacke full ys Dupla
Red voyde to blacke voyde ys sesquealtera
Red full to blacke voyde ys sesquetercia
Red voyde to rede full ys Dupla
Blacke voyde to rede full ys sesquetercia
Blacke full to red full ys sesquealtera
Blacke full to rede voyde ys subtripla
Blacke full to blacke voyde is subdupla