Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.1274, Altus partbook (All folios)
Physical description
Material: parchment
Number of leaves: ii + 15 + ii
Format: oblong
Page dimensions: 85 x 110
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Modern foliation pencil top right, A-B, 1-15, C-D
2. Original quire signatures ink in left margin on recto pages, a1-a8 (= 2-9)
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking |
often,
not clear how pricks relate to ruling |
Ruled grid | none visible |
Ruling pattern | fairly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
none | always | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
brown | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single rastrum | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | rarely | 1r | Actual indent for the top line of f. 1r; elsewhere for beginnings of pieces music and text indented over ruled staves to accommodate initial |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
left below voice parts as part of grid | rarely | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Flemish, French |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
music first
always |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one or two texts | all voice parts | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Type of notation note | rhomboid shaped notation |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Text
Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts |
yes
4r-v |
Text repetitions | very few |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very high |
Decoration miniature frequency | Folios | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
always | in outer margins on every page, sometimes over and around notated music. | |||||
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
penned initials | always | calligraphic , calligraphic with decoration, calligraphic with grotesque heads |