Paper and Copyists in Viennese Opera Scores

Paper	P90
Date of use	1768 - 1769
Paper mill	Giacomo Bertolazzo, Religione, Toscolano
Commentary	The cornermarks of P90 and P50 are identical, but the papers differ in the left half of the sheet, which is empty on P90, whereas P50 features three crescents.

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Watermark P90A

Watermark	3 crescents
Selenometrie in mm	xz: 80, xy: 20
Cornermark	lily / GB
Source	A Wn Mus.Hs._1056_2_fol89v90r87v88r

	no countermark
watermark		cornermark	sheet

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Twinmark P90B

Watermark	3 crescents
Selenometrie in mm	xz: 73, xy: 14
Cornermark	lily / GB
Source	A Wn Mus.Hs._1056_2_fol91v92r85v86r

	no twin countermark
twin watermark		twin cornermark	twin sheet

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Copyists and works
Copyists using paper P90	WK60B, WK68C, WK69E, WK69F, WK69H, WK69J, WK69K
Scores written on paper P90	Philidor_17890, Piccinni_1056
Staff ruling on paper P90	10/187C, 10/188C, 8/183A

Short titel	Philidor_17890
Composer	Philidor, François-André Danican
Title	Tom Jones
Dating of manuscript	1768
Shelfmark	Mus.Hs.17890 (Austrian National Library, Vienna)
Profile	Philidor_17890

Short titel	Piccinni_1056
Composer	Piccinni, Niccolò
Title	La pescatrice
Dating of manuscript	1769
Shelfmark	Mus.Hs.1056 (Austrian National Library, Vienna)
Profile	Piccinni_1056

Rastrum ID	10/188C
Distances between staves(DS)	10_10-_11-_9.5_10_11-_10-_10.5_10.5 (mm)
Scores	Piccinni_1056
Date of use	1769 - 1774

Rastrum ID	8/183A
Distances between staves(DS)	15-_14.5_14.5_16-_15-_15-_15- (mm)
Scores	Piccinni_1056
Date of use	1769

Rastrum ID	10/187C
Distances between staves(DS)	10_10_10.5_10_10_10+_10_10-_10- (mm)
Scores	Piccinni_1056
Date of use	1769

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21939/hytn0y
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Last edited: 04.03.2025
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Paper and Copyists in Viennese Opera Scores / Paper / P90, last edited 04.03.2025,
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