Montserrat, Spain, Monasterio de S Maria, MS 766, All folios
Physical description
Material: paper (with parchment)
Number of leaves: 173
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 555 x 381
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: Pencil foliation: 1-173.
Seven red leather place markers, in the form of knotted balls, can be found at the start of masses on the following folios: 1v, 19v, 36v, 57v, 95v, 112v, 155v. Place markers may have been present on ff. 6v, 78v, where initials have been excised.
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Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking |
occasionally,
visible in lower margin of parchment folios only (ff. 6-18) |
| Ruled grid |
normally,
Ruled text lines omitted when there is little underlaid text e.g. 'Kyrie eleyson'. |
| Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
Parchment folios (ff. 6-18) have justification lines ruled in lead point, paper folios have hard-point ruled justification lines. Two horizontal lines ruled for each line of underlaid text, sometimes also for title/liminary text in upper margin. Staves are positioned slightly differently on each folio, i.e. the 'stave grid' is not particularly regular. |
| Staves omitted from grid | often |
| Incomplete staves |
rarely,
20v, 71v |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| hard point and lead point | normally | Parchment folios (ff. 6-18) have justification lines ruled in lead point, paper folios have hard-point ruled justification lines. Two horizontal lines ruled in lead point for each line of underlaid text, sometimes also for title/liminary text in upper margin. | |
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| black | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| triple | occasionally | at beginning of Masses and Kyrie sections | |
| double | often | either for initials or a smaller indent for 'residuum' | |
| single | often | either for initials or a smaller indent for 'residuum' (double indent for 'residuum' more common, where space allows) | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | often | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| no separate text | never | ||
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| made for complete additional staves | often | eleventh stave added to lower margin | |
| partial additional staves | rarely | 22v, 54r, 105r, 107r, 116r, 118r, 147v, 155v | |
| notation extended into margin | sometimes | ||
| notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | French, Latin |
|---|---|
| Higlighting | none visible |
| Order of Copying |
text first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | all voice parts | normally | ||
| fully texted with two or more texts | tenor | rarely | 82v, 84v-90v, 93v | |
| provided with single incipit | tenor | occasionally | ||
| fully texted with one text | all except tenor | occasionally |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | black |
| Type(s) of notation | full mensural, void mensural |
| Type of notation note | rhomboid-shaped noteheads; full mensural notation 130v-131r |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| repeat signs | 23v | |
| signes-de-renvoi | trefoil shaped, partly with descending loop, in black or red ink | |
| signa congruentiae | in form of three pyramidal dots ending in a stroke or loop, in black or occasionally red ink | |
| space-filler | repeated custodies until stave end - occasionally | |
| Later changes | Folios | |
| notation erased on first stave | 2v |
Text 1
| Types of script | display script |
| Types of script size position | for voice-names, 'residuum' rubrics and short instructions |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Colour(s) of text | black |
Text 2
| Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Colour(s) of text | black red Red ink often used in tenor voice (and occasionally others), designating source of chant or giving liminary text. Barely used from ff. 137-173. |
| Multiple texts | yes |
| Text repetitions | few |
| Abbreviations | few |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | Mass title: 1v, 19v, 36v, 57v, 78v, 95v, 112v, 135v, 155v Composer: 19v, 36v, 78v, 95v 'tacet'/'tacetur': 15v, 71v, 91r, 92v, 123v-124r, 146v-147r, 165v-166r 'verte' followed by 'residuum' on the next opening: frequent canon instructions: 31v, 90v 'ut supra': 31v-32r, 35r 'canon': 33r 'duo': 72v-73r, 90v, 123v-124r |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | high |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initials planned | rarely | |||||
| penned initials | normally | calligraphic , decorated with grotesque heads | decorated initials with grotesque heads, highlighted with soft washes (blue, red, yellow, green white), at beginning of two Masses (ff. 7r, 79r) large black calligraphic initials, at beginning of all other Masses (those on ff. 19v-20r are touched with red, yellow, green and blue) | probably decorated initials at beginning of two Masses cut out (ff. 6v-7r, 78v) | decorated initials at the beginning of the Missa de venerabili sacramento as the beginning of this Mass is always highlighted (H forthcoming) |