Mvsvrgia
Subtitle: seu praxis Mvsic©Œ
By: Illius primo qu©Œ Instrumentis agitur certa ratio, ab Ottomaro Luscinio Argentino duobus Libris absoluta ; Eiusdem Ottomari Luscinij, de Concentus polyphoni, id est, ex plurifarijs uocibus compositi, canonibus, Libri totidem
Contributors: Schott, Johann, 1477-1548, printer; Virdung, Sebastian, 1465?-, bibliographic antecedent; Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864, former owner, donor
Publisher: apud Ioannem Schottum
Published: 1536
Place of publication: Argentorati
Language: lat
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Music theory; Musical instruments; Musical notation; History
Other titles: Musurgia
Notes: "Cum gratia & priuilegio Imperiali, ad Quinquennium."--title page.

Includes index.

Based upon Sebastian Virdung's "Musica getutscht", Basel, 1511 (cf. Preface) The illustrations are reproductions of those in Virdung's work, and include a motet, p. 40-43, which appears in mensural notation and also in tablature for the clavichord and for the lute. Pages 58-59 contain tables showing the tablature for bass, tenor and discant flute.

Signatures: Áþ Ćþ B-D́þ F-Óþ.

Spine title: Musurgia.

In Latin.

Catalogued 20151102 bhealy

Boston Public Library (Allen A. Brown Collection) copy quarter-bound in red and green marbled papers and red leather over boards. Spine includes spine title and decorative device of the Boston Public Library in gilt. Printed on laid papers with vertical chainlines. Title page detached from binding. Title page includes embossed stamp of the Boston Public Library. Front pastedown includes presentation ex libris (book plate) of the Boston Public Library identifying copy as a gift of Joshua Bates on September 15, 1859. Rear pastedown includes affixed square (dated October 1884) detailing circulation rules of the Boston Public Library.