Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, 121-144
Physical description
Material: parchment and paper (mixed)
Number of leaves: 174
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 137 x 100
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
All foliosPreparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Pricking | none visible |
Ruled grid |
normally,
single line to left and right, no lines for text |
Ruling pattern |
fairly regular
up to 6 very regular pentagrams, depending on amount of music and text to be copied. Pages organised very efficiently to accommodate the combination of music and text |
Staves omitted from grid | often |
Incomplete staves |
sometimes,
for added text strophes |
Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|
hard point or lead point | always | ||
Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
black | always | ||
Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
straightedge | always | ||
Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | Initials with text below stave | |
Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
none | always | ||
Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
provided, in dedicated space | normally |
Copying of text and music
Language(s) | Dutch, Latin |
---|---|
Order of Copying |
text first
normally |
Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
fully texted with one or two texts | all voice parts | always |
Music
Colour(s) of notation | black |
Type(s) of notation | chant (square), void mensural |
Type of notation note | void notation slightly angular teardrop shape; chant notation rhomboid shaped, used polyphonically, with two or three adjacent notes indicating longer rhythmical values |
Monophonic notation |
absent
chant notation used polyphonically |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
---|---|---|
repeat signs | sometimes |
Text
Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
Level of calligraphy | high |
Colour(s) of text | black |
Multiple texts |
yes
occasionally two lines of text underlaid for repeated sections |
Text repetitions | none |
Abbreviations | many |
Non underlaid vocal text |
additional
added text strophes after music, normally |
Decoration
Level of Decoration | poor |
Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
penned initials | always | plain initials | with text below staves | large plain initials alternating in red and blue |