Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds latin MS 16664 (olim Sorbonne 1479), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: iii + iii + 99 + iii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 212 x 142
Quire structure: Text version
Non-musical texts: Collection of chants, prayers and treatises on music, including: an anonymous text on music (ff. 2r-3r); chants in German, incipit: 'Iesus ist em suesser', some with music (f. 4r); devotional chants and prayers predominantly to St Bernardin of Siena and the Virgin (ff. 4v-6v), with plainchant on f. 6v; fragment of John Peckham?, Philomena, title: Incipit cantus philomene; incipit: 'Philomena brevia temporis ameni' (ff. 7r-7v); extract from a printed book, Conradus de Zabernia, De modo bene cantandi choralem cantum, incipit: 'De modo irreprehensibiliter legendi in choro' [printed in Mainz 1474] (ff. 8r- 8r, 9v) with notes on music in Latin (ff. 8v-11r), plainchant fragments (ff. 9r, 9v, 10v) and diagrams; devotional texts and prayers (ff. 13r-15r); extract from a printed book Conradus de Zabernia, Tractatus de musica, 'Cum ut quidam sapiens ait' (ff. 15bis-26r); diagram of the gamut (f. 26v); notes with plainchant (ff. 27r-36r); Guido of Arezzo, Micrologus (ff. 36r-39v); Summula musice (sometimes attributed to Guido of Arezzo), incipit: ‘Dat de psallendi metis pariterque canendi’ (ff. 39v-43v); tract attributed to Guido of Arezzo, incipit : ‘Incipit opus Guidonis’ (ff. 45v-47v), with notes and plainchant fragments (ff. 44r-45r, 47v-61v); Tract on contrapunct, incipit: ‘Item notandum quod septem sunt reformationes in manu videlicet’ (62r-85v), including examples of polyphonic settings (ff. 82r-85v).
Other devices: 1. Modern ink foliation recto top right, 1-15; 15bis-98.
2. Quire/leaf signatures: 'b' (f. 63r); 'c' (f. 64r); 'b' (f. 71r).
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
86-98Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | sometimes |
Ruled grid |
never,
No justification lines or text lines. |
Ruling pattern | fairly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
n/a | always | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | normally | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | always | Indentation of uppermost staves on each page only. | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
empty ruled staves on grid | normally | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
not in dedicated space | often | ||
Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | 88v, 89v, 90r, 93r, 97r | |
partial additional staves | rarely | 98v |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Dutch, French, Italian, Latin |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
music first
normally |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
provided with single incipit | tenor | rarely | 94v, 96v | |
fully texted with one or two texts | discantus | normally | 86v, 87v, 88v, 89v, 90v, 91v, 92v, 94v, 95v, 96v, 97v | Text crossed out: ff. 86v, 87v, 88v, 89v, 90v, 91v |
partially texted with one or two texts | tenor | rarely | 87r, 95v | Text crossed out: f. 87r |
provided with one or two incipits | contratenor | occasionally | 87r, 90r, 95v-96r | Text crossed out: ff. 87r, 90r |
fully texted with one or two texts | tenor | sometimes | 88r, 89r, 90r, 90v, 91v, 93r, 97v | Text crossed out: ff. 88r, 89r, 90r, 90v, 91v |
fully texted with one or two texts | contratenor | sometimes | 88r, 89r, 91r, 92r, 93r, 95r, 98r | Text crossed out: ff. 88r, 89r, 91r, 92r |
fully texted with one text | bassus | normally | 91r, 92r, 95r, 98r | Text crossed out: ff. 91r, 92r |
provided with single incipit | discantus | rarely | 97r, 98v | |
untexted | tenor | rarely | 97r | |
fully texted with one text | tenor primus | rarely | 95v | |
fully texted with one text | tenor secundus | rarely | 95v | |
untexted | bassus | rarely | 96r |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | brown |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | Rhomboid-shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
repeat signs | 87r, 88r | |
signes-de-renvoi | 88v-89r | |
Later changes | Folios | |
Added 'Lauda Syon salvatorem', in a setting for 3 voices, with tenor fully texted and other voices provided with single incipit (f. 86v) and 'Ora mai son in eta' in a setting for 2 voices (ff. 91v-92r). | 86v, 91v-92r |
Text
Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
Level of calligraphy |
fair,
ff. 91v-93r, Level of calligraphy deteriorates from f. 94v onwards. |
Colour(s) of text | brown |
Multiple texts |
yes
86v-88r, 95r, 95v |
Text repetitions |
few
89v, 90r-91r, 92v-93r, 95r-95v |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
89v, 90r, Text crossed out. |
Liminary text |
Performance instructions: 'verte cito' (ff. 90v, 91r, 91v, 97v), 'verte folium' (f. 98r) ; voice names: 'Tenor' (f. 90v), 'Contratenor' (f. 91r), 'Duo' (f. 96v) ,
90v, 91r, 91v, 96v, 97v, 98r |
Later changes |
Added 'Lauda Syon salvatorem' (f. 86v) and 'Ora mai son in eta' (ff. 91v-92r).,
86v, 91v-92r |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | n/a |