Casale Monferrato, Italy, Archivio Capitolare, Fondo Musicale 3 (olim P(E)), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 129 + ii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 467 x 337
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Original foliation ink top right, 1-64, 67-133 (see quire structure).
2. Modern library foliation pencil bottom centre, 1-130.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid |
always,
single line on left and right, no lines for text |
| Ruling pattern |
highly regular
all, 9 pentagrams, very parallel and even |
| 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 to 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 |
| no separate text | never | ||
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| notation and staves extended into margin | sometimes | notation sometimes extended into right margin to finish a line or for other space reasons, rarely on extended staves | |
| made for complete additional staves | rarely | 16r | |
| partial additional staves | rarely | 40v, 82r |
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; in main coprus very neat and straight, more uneven in additions by various hands. |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Line fillers | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| few | many substantially extended final notes, but not obviously functioning as line-fillers. Occasionally extra custodes as line-fillers where residuum continues on next opening | |
| Later changes | Folios | |
| Variously added on over time and/or previously separate quires bound with main corpus. |
Text
| Types of script | textura |
| Types of script note | main body textura; additions in various cursive scripts (mostly italic/humanistic) |
| Level of calligraphy |
fair,
variable |
| Colour(s) of text | brown |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions |
fairly few
sometimes indicated by ii or .//. signs |
| Abbreviations | many |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | No composer ascriptions, few voice designations. Occasional Tacet inscriptions, reduced voice designations ('Duo" etc.), performance instructions either above or in staves |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | fair |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initials planned | sometimes | 19v, 24v-25r | ||||
| penned initials | sometimes | calligraphic , flourished, plain initials | modestly ornate cadels (especially ff. 1-19), some with additional penwork; sometimes simple capitals |