London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 45-48, Contratenor partbook (App. 46), all folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 70 + ii
Format: oblong
Page dimensions: 140 x 190
Quire structure: Text version
Other devices: 1. Quire signatures in the form of letters of the alphabet ('a-d' and 'ff'), except for quires v and vii-ix.
2. Modern foliation in ink in the upper right corners.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | never |
Ruled grid | normally |
Ruling pattern | highly regular |
Staves omitted from grid | never |
Incomplete staves | never |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point | normally | For text lines in addition to printed staves. Visible especially on verso. | |
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
black | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
printed staves | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
double | occasionally | No indentation provided for initials in the original layout, but double indentation created by pasting initials on slips of paper over printed staves. | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
empty ruled staves on grid | rarely | 49r | |
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
no separate text | always |
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 | contratenor | 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 | fair |
Text
Types of script | cursive |
Level of calligraphy | fair |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts |
yes
3r; 13r-13v; 31r, 52r-52v , Additional texts in 'Alleluia' sections |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | fairly many |
Non underlaid vocal text | none |
Liminary text | Composer's name 'Nicolas Ludford (f. 69v); headers relating to masses for each day of the week: 'dominica' (ff. 1r-11r); 'feria ii' (ff. 11v-19r); 'feria iii' (ff. 19v-28r); 'feria iv' (ff. 28v-39r); 'feria v' (ff. 39v-49r); 'feria vi' (ff. 49v-60v); 'Sabato' (ff. 60r-69v). |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | sometimes | 1r, 19v, 39v, 61r | decorated | c. 55 x 35/45 | Outlined initials imitating decoration of printed books. | |
penned initials | sometimes | 11v, 28v, 49v | plain initials | c. 55 x 35/45 | Initials in black ink. |