Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds du conservatoire MS Rés. Vm7 676, All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 116 + ii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 240 x 170
Quire structure: Text version
Colophon: Several indication of date: '4 octubris (f. 9r), '8 octubris' (f. 25r), '10 octubris' (f. 33r), '11 octubris' (f. 41r), '13 octubris' (f. 49r), '15 octubris' (f. 57r), '16 octubris' (f. 65r), '21 octubris' (f. 89r), '26 octubris' (f. 118r), 'finis laus deo 26 0ctubris 1502' (f. 124v [123v]).
Other devices: 1. Quire signatures, on front leaves of bifolia only, recto bottom right : ff. 9-12: b, bii, biii, biiii; ff. 17-20: c, cii, ciii, ciiii; ff. 25-28: di, dii, diii, diiii; ff. 33-36: e, eii, eiii, eiiii; ff. 41-44: f, fii, fiii, fiiii; ff. 49-52: g, gii, giii, giiii; ff. 56-59: h, hii, hiii, hiiii; ff. 65-68: I. Iii, Iiii, Iiiii; ff. 73-76: k, kii, kiii, kiiii; ff. 81-84: l, lii, liii, liiii; ff. 89-93: m, mii, miii, miiii, miiiii; ff. 100-103: n, nii, niii, niiii; ff. 108-112: 0, oii, oiii,oiiii, oiiiii; ff. 118-121: p. pi, pii, piii, piiii.
2. Foliation, earlier but probably not contemporary, recto top right, 9-125 (99 missing, 123 and 124 reversed, later corrected)
3. Watermarks 'l'ecu dente', Briquet no. 886, Bologna and Ferrara 1500, and 'le Mont', Briquet no. 11712, Bologna, 1482.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid |
always,
Justification lines only; no text lines visible. |
| Ruling pattern | highly regular |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| lead point | normally | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| brown | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| freehand | rarely | 124v | |
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| none | always | Voice designations and initials written in left margin | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | often | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| not in dedicated space | often | Additional text included in empty space on staves between the voices or at the end of voice parts, sometimes extended in the margins. | |
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | 30v, 31r, 119r, 124r, 124v, 125v | |
| notation extended into margin | occasionally | 14r | |
| made for complete additional staves | rarely | 124v | 9th stave added at bottom, freehand |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | French, Italian, Latin |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
music first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one or two texts | discantus | normally | 43v, 44v, 57v, 67v | |
| provided with single incipit | all except discantus | normally | ff. 9r-12r, 13v-19r, 20v-30r, 31v-35r, 37v-40r, 41v-42r, 45v-47r, 48v-49r, 52v-57r, 68v-72r, 74v-77r, 79r-81v, 82v-85r, 86v-89r, 90v-96r, 97v-106r, 107v-109r, 110v-114r, 115v-120r, 123v, 124v, 125v | Discantus and tenor missing before f. 9r |
| partially texted with one text | tenor | sometimes | ff. 57v, 67v | |
| provided with single incipit | altus | often | ff. 58v, 68r | |
| provided with single incipit | bassus | often | ff. 58r, 68r | |
| provided with single incipit | all voice parts | sometimes | ff. 12v-13r, 19v-20r, 30v-31r, 35v-37r, 40v-41r, 42v-43r, 47v-48r, 49v-51r, 59v-66r, 77v-79r, 81v-82r, 85v-86r, 89v-90r, 106v-107r, 109v-110r, 114v-115r, 124r | |
| partially texted with one or two texts | all except discantus | occasionally | ff. 43v-45r, 51v-52r, 66v-67r, 72v, 73v-74r, 96v-97r | |
| fully texted with one or two texts | all voice parts | rarely | ff. 58v-59r, 120v-123r | |
| untexted | all voice parts | rarely | f. 125r |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | brown |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | teardrop-shaped notation |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signa congruentiae | 16v-17r | |
| repeat signs | 10v-12r, 13v-15r, 17v-19r, 21v-22r, 28v-29v, 37v-38r, 51v-52r, 55r, 59v-64r, 67v-68r, 69v-70r, 71v-72r, 73v-74r, 75v-76r, 80v-82r, 87v-89r, 92v-93r, 97v-98r, 102v-103r, 107v-113r, 120v-123v | |
| signes-de-renvoi | occasionally; simple lines | |
| Line fillers | Folios | Note |
| often | penwork ornaments after final double barline | |
| Later changes | Folios | |
| Added setting for Amen in three voices (bottom stave, originally left empty) | 93v-94r |
Text
| Types of script | cursive |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | red brown blue Some inicipits and voice names written in red; some incipits and voice names written in blue (ff. 69v-70, 96v-97r). |
| Multiple texts | yes |
| Text repetitions |
fairly few
46v-47r, 52v-53r, 63v-64r, 120v-123r |
| Abbreviations | few |
| Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
9v-10r, 11v-12r, 14v-19r, 20v-24v, 25v-30r, 31v-32r, 33v-35r, 37v-40r, 41v-42r, 45v-46r, 51v-60r, 61v-62r, 63r 65v-66r, 68r-71r, 73v-75r, 76v-77r, 79v-81r, 82v-85r, 86v-89r, 91v-93r, 94r-96r, 97v-106r, 107v-109r, 110v-113r, 115v-120r, 122v-123v, 125v |
| Liminary text |
Rubrics (titles) and performance instructions: 'In Matutino ad laud. psal.' (f. 9v); 'Hec carmina ad laudem virginis marie' (f. 17r); 'Vale bigt mi' (f. 20r); 'Hec sunt pro vergine maria' (f. 27r); 'Laus virginis marie' (f. 32v); 'In festo natalis domini' (f. 45v); 'In resurectione' (f. 46v); 'pascal.' (f. 49r); 'Verte Lodovice Millias' (f. 63v); 'folium pro residuo' (f. 64r); 'A faulx bordon' (f. 72v); [in the lower margin] 'qui habet aures audiendi audiat. Arnulfus: Toni sexti' (ff. 72v-73r); 'hymnus In festis virginis marie' (f. 93v); 'et sic proceditur per ordinem de sanctis in sanctis usque in finem' (f. 97r); 'pro puero', 'pro tenorista' (f. 103v); 'pro alto', 'pro basso' 'Propter olim contra fratrem' (f. 105v); 'Verte Lodovice', 'Milias: folium' (f. 113r); 'Verte folium', 'clerice volve' (f. 120v); 'Verte pro secunda parte', 'verte' (121r); 'verte', 'Lodovice' (f. 121v), 'folium', 'pro tertia parte' (f. 122r)
Liturgical texts: 'Crucifixum in carne laudemus' (f. 46v); 'Et sepultum prope ne glorificamus'; 'Resurgetez de morte Venite adoremus ?' (f. 47r). 'flit in ponticello anno 1485' or 'f.h.J. in pontello (?) anno 1485' (f. 79v).
Names of composers: 'Marcheto' (f. 11v); 'Agrico' (f. 30v); 'Isach' (ff. 77v, 78v); 'Hic cantus fratris Gerardi est' (f. 97v); 'Trombetino' (f. 102v); la[como] fo[gliano] (f. 110v); 'Jannes plice' (f. 120v).
Discrepancies in voice names:
superius (discantus) is usually named 'Cantus', sometimes: 'Discanuts' (f. 89v), 'Sopranus' (ff. 43v, 86v, 98v) and 'Concentus' (f. 91v);
contratenor: 'Concordans' (ff. 43r, 108v);
altus: 'Altitonans' (ff. 20r, 31r, 47r, 64r, 98r, 109r) and 'Cont. Altus' (ff. 49r, 53r, 57r, 76r, 81r, 89r 100r, 107r, 114r);
bassus : 'Bariclamans'(f. 19v), 'Baritonans' (ff. 47r, 49r, 53r, 64r, 109r), 'Contrabassus' (ff. 50r, 57r, 82r, 100r, 107r);
tenor: 'tonans' (ff. 52v, 63v, 108v).,
9v, 11v, 17r, 20r, 27r, 30v, 32v, 45v, 46v-47r, 49r, 63v, 64r, 72v-73r, 79v, 93v, 97r, 97v, 102v, 105v, 110v, 113r, 120v-121r |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | fair |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| penned initials | normally | flourished | Beginning of discantus. | Pen-flourished Initials in red, some with faces (e.g., f. 11v, 84v); from f. 96v, alternating initials in red or blue with red pen-flourishing. | Pen-flourished initial in blue (f. 69v). | |
| Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
| normally | end-symbol | End of voice parts. | End symbols decorated with pen-flourished ornament extending into a line-filler. | |||