Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 15075, All folios
Physical description
Material: parchment
Number of leaves: iii + 130 + ii
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 570 x 390
Quire structure: Text version
Index / Table of Contents: index on parchment flyleaf at front, written by Ch. van Hulthem, Ghent, 1821 (according to inscription)
Other devices: 1. Tabs pasted onto outer margin at beginning of masses, only two extant (ff. 1, 64).
2. Modern pencil foliation top right, 1-130.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking |
always,
Prickings in upper and lower margins for vertical bounding lines.No prickings visible for stave ruling |
| Ruled grid |
often,
Single line to left and right, text on double line, added where required. |
| Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
Staves matching on recto and verso pages, but not consistently ruled within quires |
| Staves omitted from grid | often |
| Incomplete staves |
rarely,
34r, 49r |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| lead point | often | ||
| light brown ink | occasionally | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| black | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| triple | rarely | 24v, 64v, 84v, 94v, 114v, 115v | |
| double | often | ||
| single | often | ||
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | sometimes | ||
| staves not ruled on grid | often | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| no separate text | never | ||
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| notation and staves extended into margin | often |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | Latin |
|---|---|
| Higlighting | none |
| Order of Copying |
music first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | all voice parts | normally |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | black red |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | very high |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signes-de-renvoi | Trefoil formed by three diamond shapes and a descending loop (ff. 2v-5r, 6v-8r, 9v-17r, 22v-26r, 29v-33r, 34v-35r, 36v-37r, 40v-41r, 45r, 46v-47r, 48v-49r, 50v-52r, 53v-56r, 57v-59r, 61v-63r, 64v-67r, 69v-71r, 72v-73r, 74v-78r, 79v-80r, 81v-83r, 84v-85r, 87v-91r, 93v-96r, 97v-102r, 105v-110r, 111v-112v, 124v-125r, 126v-127r), in red ink; once in black ink (f. 41v). | |
| signa congruentiae | in form of three pyramidal dots ending in a stroke or loop | |
| Line fillers | Folios | Note |
| none |
Text 1
| Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
| Level of calligraphy | very high |
| Colour(s) of text | black red |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions | very few |
| Abbreviations | few |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text |
titles and composer's name,
22v, 42v, 65r, 84v, 94v, 114v |
Text 2
| Types of script | display script |
| Types of script size position | Rubrics introduced by large initials for voice-names after the discantus, 'residuum' rubrics and partly instructions at the end of voice-parts on empty stave or in empty space. |
| Level of calligraphy | very high |
| Colour(s) of text | black red |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | very high |
| Decoration miniature frequency | Folios | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rarely | 1v, 2r | three miniatures on first opening, three and four staves high (first stave omitted), at the beginning of voice-parts | 1v: Virgin of the Immaculate Conception 2r: Portrait of John III of Portugal with a lion and heraldic arms / Portrait of Catherine of Austria with St Catherine of Alexandria and heraldic arms | |||
| Decoration border frequency | Border type | Folios | Size | Position | Description | Discrepancies |
| rarely | None | 1v, 2r | partial borders: three-sided | lower margin, outer margin, upper margin | acanthus, flowers and strawberries, with a peacock, birds and snails, on a multi-coloured ground in gold, blue and red. | |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
| painted initials | rarely | 1v, 22v, 23r, 42v, 43r, 64v, 65r, 84v, 85r, 94v, 95r, 114v, 115r | at the beginning of the discantus, three to four staves high, for the following voice-parts, one to two staves high, at beginning of works | Initials in candelabrae style at the beginning of the discantus; once including a Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon (f. 84v) and once a Crucifixion (f. 94v). Acanthus initials, partially decorated with flowers, birds etc, on coloured grounds at the beginning of the following voice-parts. | ||
| penned initials | normally | at the beginning of voice-parts | ||||
| initials planned | never | |||||
| painted initials | rarely | 84v | at the beginning of the discantus, three to four staves high, for the following voice-parts, one to two staves high, at beginning of works | Initials in candelabrae style at the beginning of the discantus; once including a Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon (f. 84v) | ||
| painted initials | rarely | 94v | at the beginning of the discantus, three to four staves high, for the following voice-parts, one to two staves high, at beginning of works | Initials in candelabrae style at the beginning of the discantus; once including a Crucifixion (f. 94v). | ||
| Other decoration frequency | Folios | Other decoration type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies | |
| never | ||||||