Brumel: Misse, Venice, Italy, 1503, , All

Physical description

Material: paper

Number of leaves: 66f. (D 20, T 10, A 20, B 16)

Format: oblong

Page dimensions: 169 x 240

Quire structure: Text version

Title page / Frontispiece: None.

"Brumel | Je nay dueul | Berzerette sauoyene. | Ut re mi fa sol la | Lomme arme. | Victime paschali" in large Rotonda type. A woodcut initial S/T/A/B. Title only in the S, the title page in other voices has only a woodcut initial and a quire signature.

None.

Index / Table of Contents: Contents presented on the title page of the Superius.

Colophon: "Impressum Uenetijs per Octauianum Petrutium Forosempronien |sem 1505 die 17 Junij. Cum priuilegio inuictissimi Dominij | Uenetiarum quae nullus possit cantum Figuratum imprimere | sub pena in ipso priuilegio contenta. | Registrum ABEFHJ quaterni D quinternus CG duerni. [Petrucci's device]"

in B: "Impressum Uenetijs per Octauianum Petrutium Forosempronien |sem 1503 die 17 Junij. Cum priuilegio inuictissimi Dominij | Uenetiarum quae nullus possit cantum Figuratum imprimere | sub pena in ipso priuilegio contenta. | Registrum ABEFHJ quaterni D quinternus CG duerni. [Petrucci's device]"

Non-musical texts: None.

Other devices: Foliation in arabic numerals on top-right of recto above the staff:
S 1–20
T 21–30
A 31–48
B 49–66

46 numbered as "36", 47–65 numbered as 45–63.

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Preparation and Copying

Preparation

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Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Voice Parts Key

• Discantus
• Altus
• Tenor
• Bassus
• Contratenor
• Sextus
• Quintus
• Vagants
• Textus
• Triplex
• Medius / Meane
• Quatriplex

• Signe de renvoi

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Pricking	n/a
Ruled grid	n/a
Ruling pattern	highly regular
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 lines and initials overlap.
double	occasionally	4r, 5v, 6v, 7v, 8v, 23v, 24r, 24v, 25r, 59v, 60v, 63r, 64r, 65v	Staves never indented, stave lines and initials overlap.
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 sometimes, 1–30, Petrucci changed to printing by double impression during the printing process of Brumel's and Ghiselin's partbooks of masses, see Boorman: Catalogue, 159–164.
Order of Copying	movable type, double impression sometimes, 31–66, Petrucci changed to printing by double impression during the printing process of Brumel's and Ghiselin's partbooks of masses, see Boorman: Catalogue, 159–164.

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios	Note
fully texted with one text	discantus	normally		Text present always except in f.12v (Agnus)
provided with one or two incipits	tenor	normally		Always incipits only; except partial text underlay only ff. 21v–23r (Gloria, Credo, Sanctus).
provided with one or two incipits	altus	normally		Partial text underlay only in Gloria and Credo (ff. 32r–33r, 35r–36r, 39r–40v, 42v–44r, 46r–48r).
provided with one or two incipits	bassus	normally		Incipits only, except in some of the Gloria and Credo (ff.51v–53r, 58v–59r, 61r–62r, 63v–65r).

Music

Colour(s) of notation	black
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
Types of script size position	Large rotonda font used on the title page of the Superius. Small rotonda font used in text underlay.
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	T: The title of the mass set on the text space of the Kyrie. Performance instruction set on the stave-space or the page margins, depending on the space available. Verte -instruction always used when the Mass part spreads to two separate pages. Verte-instruction after a finished Mass part to turn the page: 27r, 28r

Decoration

Level of Decoration

poor

Decoration initial type	Frequency	Folios	Initial type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
printed initials	always		woodcut, calligraphic style		Two sizes of woodcut initials used on the title pages and at the start of Mass movements. Larger ones 26–27 mm, smaller ones c.18 mm (Boorman: Catalogue, pp.132–133)	Missing initials: 3r Large type instead of a woodcut initial: 2v, 3v, 4v, Large initials on the middle staves take space from the stave above, clef and notation moved from the upper stave to create an "indent" to accommodate the initial: 6v, 7v, 8v, 23v, 24r, 63r, 64r, 65v