Casale Monferrato, Italy, Archivio Capitolare, Fondo Musicale 4 (olim D(F)), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 126 + ii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 460 x 325
Quire structure: Text version
Index / Table of Contents: none
Colophon: none
Other devices: 1. Modern library foliation, pencil top right, 1-7, 10-128.
2. Partial original foliation, ink top right, viiii-xiiii (= 2-7), 3-5 (= 11-13), xviiii-xxi (= 15-18), 22-55, 59-66, 69-107, 109-116, continued with a (later cancelled) modern pencil foliation 117-140.
3. Original quire signatures, ink bottom right, partially trimmed off.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
1-14Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text. |
| Ruling pattern | highly regular |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| hard point | always | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| brown | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| none | always | indented over ruled stave ti accommodate initial, sometimes. | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | sometimes | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| not in dedicated space | always | 6v-7r | added hymn strophes |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | Latin |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
music first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | all voice parts | always |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | brown |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | rhomboid shaped notation; at least three different hands |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
Text
| Types of script | textura |
| Types of script note | at least three different hands of various levels of calligraphy |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | brown |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions |
fairly many
usually indicated by '2' or ./. |
| Abbreviations | few |
| Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
6v-7r, different hymn text added between and below voice parts (non-underlaid) |
| Liminary text | Voice designations, sometimes Verte indications, sometimes |
| Later changes | 6v-7r: different hymn text added under music; |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | very poor |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initials planned | always |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid |
always,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
| Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 11 pentagrams, very parallel and even |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Note | quire signatures |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| hard point | always | all | |
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| brown | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| double and single rastra | always | 5 x 2 and 1 (from top) | |
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| double | always | staves 1-2 and 7-8, c. 45-65 mm | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | sometimes | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| no separate text | never | ||
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| Indentation for initials filled in | often | ||
| made for complete additional staves | occasionally | ||
| notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | ||
| partial additional staves | occasionally |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
music first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | all voice parts | normally | ||
| untexted | all voice parts | rarely | 26v-27r, 29v-30v | |
| provided with single incipit | discantus | rarely | 25v-26r | |
| untexted | all except discantus | rarely | 25v-26r |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | brown |
| Type(s) of notation | chant (square), void mensural |
| Type of notation note | rhomboid shapes notation, various (at least four different hands) |
| Monophonic notation |
present
107v, 112v-117r, chant intonations and some tenors notated in square notation |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signes-de-renvoi | occasionally | |
| Line fillers | Folios | Note |
| sometimes | extended final longs |
Text
| Types of script | various |
| Types of script note | at least four hands |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | brown |
| Multiple texts |
yes
rarely, for hymn strophes |
| Text repetitions |
many
usually indicated by '2', ii, // or .//. |
| Abbreviations | fairly few |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | Voice designations, occasionally Composer ascriptions, rarely |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | very poor |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initials planned | normally | |||||
| penned initials | occasionally | calligraphic , plain initials | where present, small initials, plain or minimally calligraphic, beneath stave with verbal text, in margins or in indentations (but much smaller than indentations themselves, presumably added to complete the text rather than as originally planned | |||
| Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
| often | decorative final long | |||||