Frottole I, Venice, Italy, 1504, , All

Physical description

Material: paper

Number of leaves: 56f.

Format: oblong

Page dimensions: 166 x 237

Quire structure: Text version

Title page / Frontispiece: None.

"Frottole libro | primo" in large rotonda type.

None.

Index / Table of Contents: 2 columns. Contents presented in alphabetical order according to the song titles, page number reference in roman numerals

Colophon: "Impressum Venetiis per Octauianum Pe-| trutium Forosemproniensem. Die. xxviii. No-| uembris Salutis anno M.ccccciiii. Cum pri-|uilegio inuictissimi Dominii Venetiarum quae nul| lus possit cantum Figuratum imprimere sub pena in ipso priuilegio contenta.| Registrum.| ABCDEFG Omnes quaterni. [Petrucci's device]"

"Impressum Venetiis per Octauianum Pe-| trutium Forosemproniensem. Die. xxviii. No-| uembris Salutis anno M.ccccciiii. Cum pri-|uilegio inuictissimi Dominii Venetiarum quae nul| lus possit cantum Figuratum imprimere sub pena in ipso priuilegio contenta.| Registrum.| ABCDEFG Omnes quaterni. [Petrucci's device]"

Non-musical texts: None.

Other devices: Foliation in roman numerals on top-right of recto.

Page details (zoom):

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	fairly 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	always		Staves never indented, the stave lines and initials overlap.
Extra space between voice parts	Frequency	Folios	Note
empty ruled staves on grid	normally
Space provided for separate text	Frequency	Folios	Note
provided, in dedicated space	normally		Additional strophes added to the bottom of the page, placed in verso on 4-part openings. The pages with additional strophes have 4–5 staves per page.

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	Italian
Higlighting	None
Order of Copying	movable type, double impression always

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios	Note
fully texted with one or two texts	discantus	always
provided with one or two incipits	tenor	normally		Exceptions: Full text underlay: 27v ("Dal lecto me leuaua") Partial text underlay: 40v ("Questa e mia lho fatta mi")
provided with one or two incipits	altus	normally		Exceptions: Full text underlay: 28r ("Alhor quando") Partial text underlay: 41r ("Questa e mio lho fatta mi")
provided with one or two incipits	bassus	normally		Exceptions: Full text underlay: 28r ("Dal lecto me leuaua") Partial text underlay: 41r ("Questa e mio lho fatta mi")

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	roman
Types of script note	Roman for most text (tavola, text underlay, liminary text, colophon), large rotonda type for the title page, large gothic type for the voice designations. See Boorman, Catalogue, 128–9
Level of calligraphy	n/a
Colour(s) of text	black
Multiple texts	yes Occasionally two lines of text set under discantus.
Text repetitions	fairly few Some text repetition at the end of the phrases.
Abbreviations	few
Non underlaid vocal text	additional Additional strophes set at the bottom of the page, placed in verso on 4-part openings.
Liminary text	Composer's name appears always on roman capitals as a header above and middle of the top staff. 39v: heading at top-left "A uoce mutate" 46r: heading at top-right"Modus dicendi capitula" Part names (Tenor, Altus, Bassus) vertically on the left margin.

Decoration

Level of Decoration

very poor

Decoration initial type	Frequency	Folios	Initial type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
printed initials	always		woodcut, calligraphic style	Decorative initial always at the beginning of the Discantus.	Petrucci's set of woodcut initials.	44r: A large Gothic letter instead of a woodcut initial.