Obrecht: Misse, Venice, Italy, 1503, , All
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 76f.: D 20, T 14, A 22, B 20
Format: oblong
Page dimensions: 173 x 242
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: None.
"Misse obreht. | Jene demande. | Grecorum. | Fortuna desperata. | Malheur me bat. | Salue diua parens." in large Rotonda type. A woodcut initial S/T/A/B. Title only in Superius, the title page in other voices has only a woodcut initial, page number and a signature.
None.
Index / Table of Contents: None.
Colophon: "Impressum Uenetijs per Octauianum Petrutium Forosempronien | sem 1503 die 24 Martii. Cum priuilegio inuictissimi Dominij | Uenetiarum quae nullus possit cantum Figuratum imprimere | sub pena in ipso priuilegio contenta. | Registrum ABDFGJK Quaterni EH Terni CL Duerni [Petrucci's device]"
"Impressum Uenetijs per Octauianum Petrutium Forosempronien| sem 1503 die 24 Martii. Cum priuilegio inuictissimi Dominij | Uenetiarum quae nullus possit cantum Figuratum imprimere | sub pena in ipso priuilegio contenta. | Registrum ABDFGJK Quaterni EH Terni CL Duerni [Petrucci's device]"
Non-musical texts: None.
Other devices: Foliation in arabic numerals on top-right of recto above the staff:
Superius 1–20
Tenor 21–34
Altus 35–56
Bassus 57–76
I-Bc: Superius, numbering starting from f.10; f.27 numbered as "28", f.28 numbered as "29".
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
AllPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | n/a |
Ruled grid | n/a |
Ruling pattern | n/a |
Staves omitted from grid | n/a |
Incomplete staves | n/a |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
black | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
single | often | Staves never indented, stave imprint clashes with the initials. | |
double | occasionally | 1v, 5r, 7r, 9r–v, 11r, 13r, 18r, 35v, 36v, 40, 44r, 45v, 46v, 47v, 48r, 55r, 23r, 24v, 25r, 32v, 57v, 58v, 61r, 62r, 63v, 64v, 68r, 69r, 70v, 71r–v, 72r, 73r, 74r | The initials inserted on the middle staves require a double indent on the music. Staves never indented, stave imprint clashes with the initials. |
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Latin |
---|---|
Higlighting | n/a |
Order of Copying |
movable type, triple impression
always |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one text | discantus | normally | Incipits only in ff.9v–11r (Gloria, Credo) | |
provided with one or two incipits | tenor | normally | 21v–22v; 23v–25v; 29v-30v | |
partially texted with one text | tenor | sometimes | 22v–23r; 26r; 28v–29r | |
fully texted with one text | tenor | occasionally | 26v; 27r–28r; 23r | |
provided with one or two incipits | altus | normally | 36v–40r; 42r–47v; 50r–55v | Altus never fully texted, a few occasions of partial text underlay: ff.35v–36r (Kyrie, Gloria); 40r–41v (Gloria, Credo). |
provided with one or two incipits | bassus | normally | 57v–62r; 62v–72v | Bassus fully texted only in ff.72v–73r (duo: Credo/Qui cum patrem); partial text underlay ff.62r–v (Credo). |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Colour of notation folios | All |
Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
Monophonic notation | absent |
Level of calligraphy | n/a |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
coronae | ||
signa congruentiae |
Text
Types of script | rotonda |
Level of calligraphy | n/a |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts | no |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | few |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Composer's name in Superius only with the title of the Mass in variable forms and places: 1v: "Obreh.t super Jene demande" (Top-middle of the staves) 6r: "Jacob Obrecht" (between top staves, moved to the right to avoid the clash with text) 9r "Jacobus obreht" (on the second stave after the end of "Agnus", above the start of "Kyrie") 12v "Ja.obreht. sup. Malheur me bat:" (between staves 2 and 3, centre/right) All other books have the title of the Mass above the start of Kyrie. Exceptions: f.21v, 23r, 27r, the title of the Mass on the text space after the incipit "Kyrie". |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | very poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
printed initials | always | woodcut, calligraphic style | Petrucci's set of woodcut initials, used on the title pages and at the start of Mass movements. | Missing initials: 4r, 6r, 7v, 12v, 13v, 14r, 21v, 23v, 24r, 25r, 30r, 41r, 44v, 50v, 64r, 66r, 67r Large type instead of a woodcut initial: 50r, 65v Petrucci possibly owned only one block for each initial, resulting to blank spaces where initials would have been used to open movements (Boorman: Catalogue p.492, also p.133). The page setting to accommodate the initial with an indent on notation remains for most. When large type initial is used, the layout has not been designed to accommodate a large woodcut. Indents on the notation (when the woodcut is present) fairly uniform in lengh. |