Abb. Structural use of mensural note shapes, Oswald von Wolkenstein

Kl 39, Oswald von Wolkenstein, Mein sünd und schuld (» A-Wn Cod. 2777, fol. 48r). © Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. An example for the structural use of mensural note shapes in Oswald’s manuscripts: The first metrical upbeat is marked by a minima, while the only other minima in the notation marks a split note to account for a surplus syllable; all middle notes are given as semibreves, the finals of both form parts are longas and the custos is represented by a (stylised) seminima.