La Rue: Misse, Venice, Italy, 1503, , All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: 56f. (D 16, T 10, A 16, B 14)
Format: oblong
Page dimensions: 174 x 238
Quire structure: Text version
Title page / Frontispiece: None.
"Misse Petri de la Rue. | Beate virginis | Puer natus | Sexti. Ut fa | Lomme arme | Nunqua fue pena maior" 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.
Colophon: "Impressum Uenetijs per Octauianum Petrutium Forosempronien | sem 1503 die 31 Octobris. Cum priuilegio inuictissimi Dominij | Uenetiarum quae nullus possit cantum Figuratum imprimere | sub pena in ipso priuilegio contenta. | Registrum ABDEF quaterni C quinternus G ternus. [Petrucci's device]"
Non-musical texts: None.
Other devices: Foliation in arabic numerals on top-right of recto, only in the first pages of the Discantus: [1], 2, [3], 4–6.
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 | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| 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 1v; T 2r; B 3v, 5v, 7v | 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, double impression
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | discantus | always | ||
| partially texted with one text | tenor | often | 1v–2v, 3v–4r, 5r–8r, 9r–10r | |
| provided with one or two incipits | tenor | occasionally | 2v–3v, 4v–5r, 8r–9r | |
| partially texted with one text | altus | often | 1v–3r, 4r–6r, 6v–8r, 8v, 10r–11v, 13v–14v | |
| provided with one or two incipits | altus | occasionally | 1v, 3v–4r, 6v, 8r, 9r–10r, 12r–13r, 15r–v | |
| partially texted with one text | bassus | often | 1v–2v, 4r– 5r, 6v–7v, 9v–10v, 12r–13r | |
| provided with one or two incipits | bassus | occasionally | 1v, 2v–3v, 5r–6r, 7v–9r, 10v–11v, 13v |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| signa congruentiae | ||
| coronae |
Text
| Types of script | rotonda |
| Types of script size position | Large rotonda type used on the title page of the Discantus. Small rotonda type used in text underlay. Roman used for the dates in colophon. |
| 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 the Discantus, Altus, and Bassus books at the beginning of each Mass with the title. Mass titles as a header above and middle of the top stave in all books. |
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 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. | A 3v: Large type "P" used instead of a woodcut initial. |