Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 1596, All folios
Physical description
Material: parchment
Number of leaves: ii + 10 + ii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 249 x 186
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Modern ink foliation recto top right, 1-10.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking |
always,
Pricking holes indicate top lines of staves. |
Ruled grid |
none visible,
Justification lines are sometimes visible; text lines not visible. |
Ruling pattern | highly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point and lead point | sometimes | Justification lines only. | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
light brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | rarely | 3v, 7v, 8r | |
single | normally | 2v, 3r, 4r-7r | Indentation for initials at the beginning of discantus and tenor parts only. |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
empty ruled staves on grid | always | all versos | Empty space left below discantus only. |
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
not in dedicated space | normally | 2v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v | Additional stanzas written on staves left empty by the music scribe. |
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation extended into margin | occasionally | 4r, 5r, 5v, 6r, 7r |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | French |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
music first
always |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one text | all voice parts | normally | 2v-3r, 4v-5r, 5v-6r, 6v-7r, 7v-8r | |
provided with single incipit | all voice parts | rarely | 3v-4r |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | rhomboid-shaped notation, slightly rounded |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
signa congruentiae | 2v, 3r |
Text
Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
Types of script size position | Larger script is used for voice names, which are written vertically at the beginning of voice parts (tenor and bassus only). |
Types of script folios | 3r, 4r, 5r, 6r, 7r, 8r |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
2v, 4v, 5v, 6v, 7v, Additional stanzas are written on staves below discantus. |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | fair |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | sometimes | 2v, 4v | calligraphic with grotesque heads | |||
penned initials | sometimes | 5v, 6v, 7v | calligraphic | |||
penned initials | rarely | 3v | decorated with grotesque heads | Initial O in the form of a leafy stem surrounding a human (?) head, probably added by a user. |