London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, All folios
Physical description
Material: parchment and paper (mixed)
Number of leaves: viii + 146 + v
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 258 x 180
Quire structure: Text version
Index / Table of Contents: Modern index (19th century?) on ff. 1r-2v
Other devices: 1. Original ink foliation, 5-143 (first four and final three folios now unnumbered due to frayed corners).
2. Modern pencil foliation, 1-149, begins with seventh modern flyleaf.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking |
normally,
in upper and lower margins for outer justification line |
| Ruled grid |
always,
ff. 3r-121v: single bounding lines left and right ruled in red ink c. 120 mm apart. Ff. 107v-148r: bounding lines ruled in brown ink c. 140 mm apart. On ff. 107v-121v, the ruling retains at first the pattern from the previous quires, but only the inner bounding line is used while the outer one is ignored and another bounding line added to allow the creation of longer staves. |
| Ruling pattern | fairly regular |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| brown ink | sometimes | 107v-148r | justification lines c. 140mm apart |
| red ink | normally | 1r-121v | justification lines c. 120mm apart |
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| brown | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| straightedge | normally | ||
| freehand | rarely | 123v-124r | |
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single | sometimes | 4v-52v, 60v-62r, 65v-73r | 4v-52v: notation indented on staves for first stave of tenor voice (in score format) 60v-62r, 65v-73r: notation indented on staves, first stave of each voice |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| left below voice parts as part of grid | often | ||
| empty ruled staves on grid | occasionally | ||
| none | sometimes | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| provided, in dedicated space | normally | When separate text is included, it is normally in a dedicated space: in the lower part of the page where staves have been omitted from the (fairly flexible) grid. | |
| not in dedicated space | rarely | 11r, 38v-39r, 61r, 135v-136r, 140v-141r | written in ruled staves: 11r, 61r, 135v-136r, 140v-141r; written in side margins: 38v-39r |
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| notation extended into margin | occasionally | ||
| partial additional staves | rarely | 5r, 8r-v, 95v, 109r | |
| made for complete additional staves | rarely | 10r, 38v-39r, 50r, 53r, 54v, 62v-64r, 121r, 134v-135r, 143r | |
| staves extended into margin | rarely | ||
| notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | ||
| staveline added | rarely |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | English, Latin |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
text first
normally |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | all voice parts | normally | 3r-4r, 5v, 6r, 9r, 38v-39r, 47v-48r, 54v-65r, 69v-70r, 73v-144r, 145r | |
| fully texted with two or more texts | all voice parts | rarely | 102v-103r, 141v-142r, 145v-146r | Fully texted with three texts. |
| untexted | all except tenor | sometimes | 4v-5r, 6v-25r, 26v-38r, 39v-47r, 48v-53r | Score format |
| fully texted with one text | tenor | sometimes | 4v-5r, 6r-25r, 26v-38r, 39v-47r, 48v-53r | Score format |
| fully texted with one text | altus | rarely | 6r | score format |
| untexted | all except discantus | rarely | 53v-54r | |
| fully texted with one or two texts | discantus | rarely | 6r, 53v-54r, 65v-69r, 70v-73r | 6r: score format |
| provided with one or two incipits | tenor primus | rarely | 65v-69r, 70v-73r | |
| fully texted with one or two texts | tenor secundus | rarely | 65v-69r, 72v-73r | |
| partially texted with one text | tenor secundus | rarely | 70v-72r |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | black red dark brown |
| Colour of notation note | <p>red coloration ff. 4v-59r</p> |
| Type(s) of notation | chant (square), full mensural, void mensural, strene notation |
| Type of notation note | void notation: 3r-5r 38v-39r, 54v, 59v-113r, 123v-124r, 126r-129r, 133v-148r; full notation: 5v-38r, 39v-55r, 56v-59r; chant notation: 47v-48r, 95v; chant-like 'strene' notation: 54v-56r, 59v-60r, 113v-120r, 122r-123r, 124v-132r, 145r. |
| Monophonic notation |
present
47v-48r, 95v |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| coronae | present | |
| end symbol | double line (usually); occasionally pairs of dots on either side (e.g. 118v-120r), perhaps indicating repeats? | |
| repeat signs | Occasionally pairs of dots on either side of the end barline (e.g. 118v-120r), perhaps indicating repeat signs? | |
| signa congruentiae | e.g. 38v | |
| pointers | A sign resembling a tironian note for 'et' indicating a new section (e.g. 131v-135r and elsewhere) | |
| Line fillers | Folios | Note |
| none | ||
| Later changes | Folios | |
| paper pasted over stave with a correction - fairly common | 19r, 22r, 29r, 31v-32r, 42r, 149r [and elsewhere] | |
| ff. 63v-64r was perhaps originally blank, now has text and music added (informal scripts) | 63v-64r | |
| The text and part of a stave line on the lower part of f. 25v forms the bottom of f. 26v, which is missing the lower part of the folio. (The upper part of f. 25v has blank ruled staves) When ff. 26v-27r is opening, the lower part of f. 25v is visible as if it were part of f. 26v. Whilst this was not necessarily copied after the initial production of the manuscript, it represents a 'later change' in as much as this was presumably not the original intention for f. 25v, given the blank ruled staves. | 25v |
Text
| Types of script | cursive (Anglicana) |
| Types of script size position | underlaid and liminary text, various hands |
| Types of script note | varying degrees of formality |
| Level of calligraphy |
fair,
sometimes poor |
| Colour(s) of text | red dark brown 26v: red ink used for 'faburdon', elsewhere all dark brown |
| Multiple texts |
yes
65v, 67v-68r, 72v-73r, 102v-103r, 135v-136r, 141v-142r, 145v-146r |
| Text repetitions | fairly few |
| Abbreviations | some |
| Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
Normally in lower part of page (usually versos), with staves omitted from grid; occasionally in blank ruled staves or side margins. |
| Liminary text | voice names in left margins, liturgical ascriptions, 'verte (folium)', 'faburdon' (f. 26v), occasional composer attributions, tenor source, occasional titles, occasional performance instructions. 69v-70r: non-musical, Latin text in lower margins? |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | fair |
| Decoration miniature frequency | Folios | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| never | ||||||
| Decoration border frequency | Border type | Folios | Size | Position | Description | Discrepancies |
| never | None | None | ||||
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
| painted initials | sometimes | 4v-52v | flourished, plain initials | one stave high, at the start of the tenor voice (in score notation); notation indented on stave | plain blue initials with red flourishing | occasionally missing |
| initials planned | rarely | 60v-62r, 65v-69r, 70v-73r | notation indented on one stave for each voice, first letter missing, cue letter sometimes present | |||
| penned initials | rarely | 69v-70r | calligraphic , plain initials | one stave high, notation indented on stave, start of each voice | simple pen drawn initials | |
| Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
| rarely | decorative final long, end-symbol | small decorative final long (elongated like a chequerboard) occasionally used in the 'strene' notation | ||||