| Diplomatic transcription of the title page | B. Martinu | NONET. | [in pencil, foreign hand:] Prohlédl Šolc | Věnováno | Československému Nonetu. | Leden 1959. | B. Martinů | [there are 4 bars (10 staves) of another composition crossed out at the bottom half of the page]. |
| Number of pages bearing notation | 48 + titulní strana |
| Original pagination | 1–47 |
| Dimensions (width x height) | 298 x 372 mm |
| Binding | 2 bound folders of the same volume, 6 large bound folios |
| Paper characteristics | Yellowed |
| Brand of paper | Circle Blue Print Co., Inc. |
| Number and arrangement of staves | 20 (title page 21, cut out from a larger format) |
| Distance between staff lines | 1,5 mm (title page), 1,9 mm |
| Writing instrument | Red, green, black, and lead pencil, pen (black ink) |
| Diplomatic transcription of performing forces - 1st page of the score | Fl. | Ob. | Cl. in. C. +) | Fg. | Horn | Viol. | Viola | Vc | CB | […] | +) Cl. je psán v C. Transponovati to B. (Cl. to be transposed to B♭) |
| Markings by B. Martinů | Lead pencil, pen (black ink) on p. 12 in black pen probably BM´s markings "Tempo I." |
| Other markings | Editors, performers (probably Emil Leichner – eg. p. 25, clarification of slurs in the viola part). |
| Comments | The top right corners include page numbers in pencil (probably by BM) and the numbers of the doubled pages also in pencil, from p. 33 the numbers are written twice next to each other (in ink by BM) – first corrected, second identical (apart from pp. 36, 38, 39, 40, 42 and then 47). |