Cambrai, France, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 18 (20), All folios
Physical description
Material: paper
Number of leaves: ii + 268 + i
Format: upright
Page dimensions: 385 x 280
Quire structure: Text version
Index / Table of Contents: Original index, pasted to inside of front cover.
Other devices: Original foliation ink top right, 1-270.
Page details (zoom):
Preparation and Copying
1-51, 200-220Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
Signe de renvoi
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid | none visible |
| Ruling pattern |
highly regular
9 or 10 pentragrams, parallel and even |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | always | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| black | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| none | always | ||
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | sometimes | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| no separate text | always | ||
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | ||
| made for complete additional staves | rarely | 215-v216r, 217v-218r | extra staves on separate pieces of paper pasted onto bottom of page |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | Latin |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
music first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | all voice parts | always |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | black |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | rounded rhomboid shaped notation |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signes-de-renvoi | sometimes |
Text
| Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | black |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions | very few |
| Abbreviations | fairly many |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | Voice designations, always |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | very poor |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| penned initials | rarely | 208-210 | calligraphic , calligraphic with grotesque heads | |||
| initials planned | often | 1-51, 200-206, 211-220 | Initials planned for D (first letter of verbal text missing), voice designations beginning with litterae notabiliores in other voices, no initials planned |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid | none visible |
| Ruling pattern |
highly regular
8 pentragrams, parallel and even |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| Medium and colour of grid | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | always | ||
| Colour of staves | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| black | always | ||
| Ruling medium | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single | sometimes | first stave on every page often indented; lower voice sometimes music and text indented for initials | |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | sometimes | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| no separate text | always | ||
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| made for complete additional staves | sometimes | 221v, 223v | staves added at bottom for 'Tenor ad longum' |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | Latin |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
music first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | all voice parts | always |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | black |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | rounded rhomboid shaped notation. Two different hands on ff. 221v-224r (main scribe) and 224v-229r (smaller and squat rather than slender) |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signes-de-renvoi | ||
| Later changes | Folios | |
| addition of 'Tenor ad longum' by different hand | 221v-224r |
Text 1
| Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
| Types of script folios | 221v-224r |
| Types of script note | same as ff. 1-51, 200-220 |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | black |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions | none |
| Abbreviations | fairly many |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | Voice designations, always |
Text 2
| Types of script | cursive (bastarda) |
| Types of script folios | 224v-229r |
| Types of script note | smaller and more angular than main scribe |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Colour(s) of text | black |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions | fairly many |
| Abbreviations | many |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | Voice designations, normally |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | very poor |
Preparation
Disposition of Voice Parts Key
| Pricking | none visible |
| Ruled grid |
always,
single vertical line on left and right, no text lines visible |
| Ruling pattern | highly regular |
| Staves omitted from grid | never |
| Incomplete staves | never |
| 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 |
| single rastrum | always | ||
| Indentation for initials | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| single | always | Top stave on every page indented, for lower voices music and text indented over ruled stave to accommodate initial | |
| double | rarely | 52v-53r | Staves 1-2 and 6-7 indented for main opening initials |
| Extra space between voice parts | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| empty ruled staves on grid | often | ||
| Space provided for separate text | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| no separate text | always | ||
| Adhoc adaptation | Frequency | Folios | Note |
| made for complete additional staves | rarely | 80r, 121r, 191r, 267v-268r | |
| notation and staves extended into margin | occasionally | ||
| partial additional staves | rarely | 136r, 190v |
Copying of text and music
| Language(s) | Latin |
|---|---|
| Order of Copying |
music first
always |
| Presence/absence of text | Voice part | Frequency | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fully texted with one text | all voice parts | always |
Music
| Colour(s) of notation | black |
| Type(s) of notation | void mensural |
| Type of notation note | rhomboid-shaped notation |
| Monophonic notation | absent |
| Level of calligraphy | fair |
| Non verbal performance instructions | Folios | Note |
|---|---|---|
| signes-de-renvoi | frequent, often quite elaborate | |
| Later changes | Folios | |
| Resolution of tenores ad longum by different hand | ||
| Addition of pieces on empty ruled pages at end by different hand(s) | 264v-269r |
Text
| Types of script | textura |
| Types of script note | with bastarda elements |
| Level of calligraphy | high |
| Colour(s) of text | black |
| Multiple texts | no |
| Text repetitions | few |
| Abbreviations | some |
| Non underlaid vocal text | none |
| Liminary text | Voice designations, always, fully written out (also with initials missing) 'Verte', 'Verte folium' etc., frequent (even at the end of sections) 'Duo', occasionally Canon instructions, sometimes |
| Later changes | Addition of canonic tenores ad longum by different hand, consistently |
Decoration
| Level of Decoration | very poor |
| Decoration initial type | Frequency | Folios | Initial type(s) | Size position | Description | Discrepancies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| initials planned | normally | Indentation present and first letter of text word consistently missing. Occasional guide letters | ||||
| penned initials | occasionally | 230v-244r | calligraphic , flourished | Cadel-type initials, some with very modest penflourishing |