Ghiselin: Misse, Venice, Italy, 1503, , All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 66f. (D 18, T 10, A 20, B 18)
Format: oblong
Page dimensions: 171 x 238
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: None.
"Joannes ghiselin. | La bella se siet | De les armes. | Gratieusa. | Narayge. | Jenay dueul" on six lines in 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: 1503: "Impressum Uenetijs per Octavianum Petrutium Forosempronien | sem 1503 die 15 Julij. Cum priuilegio inuictissimi Dominij | Uenetiarum quae nullus possit cantum Figuratum imprimere | sub pena in ipso priuilegio contenta. Registrum ADEG quaterni BCH quinterni F duernus [Petrucci's device]"
1514: Lost.
1503: "Impressum Uenetijs per Octavianum Petrutium Forosempronien | sem 1503 die 15 Julij. Cum priuilegio inuictissimi Dominij | Uenetiarum quae nullus possit cantum Figuratum imprimere | sub pena in ipso priuilegio contenta. Registrum ADEG quaterni BCH quinterni F duernus [Petrucci's device]"
Non-musical texts: None.
Other devices: Foliation in arabic numerals on top-right of recto above the staff:
Superius 1–18
Tenor 19–28
Altus 29–48
Bassus 49–65
Missing folio numbers: 1–2, 66
Errors: 29 numbered as "26"
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
AllPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| 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 | normally | Staves never indented, stave lines and initials overlap. | |
| double | rarely | D 13r, 15r; T 21r, 21v; A 39r; B 50v, 61v | 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 |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
movable type, triple impression
normally, 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
normally, 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 | Exception: 4v–5r (Agnus) incipits only. | |
| partially texted with one text | tenor | occasionally | 19v–21r, 27r–28r | Gloria, Credo and Sanctus partially texted both in Missa La bella se siet (19v–21r) and Missa Je nay dueul (27r–28r). |
| provided with one or two incipits | tenor | often | 19v, 21v–26v, 28r | |
| partially texted with one text | altus | occasionally | 30r–31r; 33v–35v; 38r–40r; 42r–43v; 45r–46r | Partial text used in Gloria and Credo of each mass. |
| provided with one or two incipits | altus | often | 29v, 31r–33r, 35v–38r, 40v–42r, 43v–44v, 46v–47v | Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus provided with incipits only. |
| partially texted with one text | bassus | occasionally | 50r–51r, 57r–58v, 60v–61v, 63r–64r | Gloria and Credo provided with partial incipits, except in Missa De les armes. |
| provided with one or two incipits | bassus | often | 49v, 51r–57r, 59r–60r, 61v–62v, 64r–65r | Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus provided with incipits only. |
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 type used on the title page of the Superius. Small rotonda type 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 | Mass titles only in T: ff. 25r "Narayge", 26v "Je nay duel" on the text space after the incipit "Kyrie". "Verte" -instruction either vertically on the outer margin of recto or on the stave space, depending on the space available. "Tacet" -instruction usually on the stave space after the end of the previous mass part. "Ut Supra" -instruction on the stave space after the end of the previous mass part, usually with double vertical lines on both sides. "Resolutio" in Tenor partbook placed vertically either on the inner margin or on the stave space. T 23v, 24r: Performance instruction on the stave space immediately after the initial, followed by the notation. T 25r: Canon instruction under the musical text |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | poor |
| Decoration miniature frequency | Folios | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| never | ||||||
| Decoration border frequency | Border type | Folios | Size | Position | Description | Discrepancies |
| never | None | None | ||||
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
| printed initials | always | woodcut, calligraphic style | Two sizes of woodcut initials used at the start of each Mass movement. Large woodcut initials used also on the title pages of each book (S, T, A, B). Large initials on the middle staves take space from the stave above, clef moved from the upper stave to create an "indent" to accommodate the initial: 13r, 15r, 21r–v, 39r, 50v, 61v Missing initials: 25v | |||