Manuscript: Barcelona, Spain, Biblioteca Orfeó Català, MS 5 (olim 12-VI-12)

Manuscript type: choirbook

RISM siglum: E-Boc 5

DIAMM Source Key: 1537

Image repositories: Books of Hispanic Polyphony

Folio(s): All folios

Date: 1490-1510

1490–1510

Location of origin: Catalonia ; Girona, Spain ; Italy

Barcelona, Spain, Biblioteca Orfeó Català, MS 5 (olim 12-VI-12), All folios

Physical description

Material: paper

Number of leaves: i + 69 + i

Format: upright

Page dimensions: 333 x 232

Quire structure: Text version

Colophon: f. 52r: Scriptum per me Desiderium Johannis, Clericum Aesteñ

Other devices: Modern pencil foliation 1–69. Consistent watermark: a fleur-de-lys in a circle.

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Preparation and Copying

All folios

Preparation

Disposition of Voice Parts Key

Pricking	always, visible in upper and lower margins for justification lines
Ruled grid	always
Ruling pattern	fairly irregular Three patterns:1. normally twelve staves per page, 290-292 x 146-149 mm2. ff. 1-10, 53-63: twelve staves per page, wider writing area (289-291 x 192-196 mm)3. ff. 66r-69v: ten bigger staves per page (294-305 x 160-161)
Staves omitted from grid	never
Incomplete staves	never

Medium and colour of grid	Frequency	Folios	Note
lead point	always
Colour of staves	Frequency	Folios	Note
brown	always
Ruling medium	Frequency	Folios	Note
double rastrum	rarely	66r-68v	larger size double rastrum (10 staves per page), 17mm stave, 15mm gap, 17.25 mm stave
double rastrum	normally	1r-65v, 69r-v	smaller size double rastrum (12 staves per page), 12mm stave, 13.5mm gap, 12.5mm stave
Indentation for initials	Frequency	Folios	Note
single	rarely	34v	Stave and notation indented slightly on first stave of f. 34v. Otherwise no indents present in manuscript.
Extra space between voice parts	Frequency	Folios	Note
empty ruled staves on grid	normally
Space provided for separate text	Frequency	Folios	Note
no separate text	always
Adhoc adaptation	Frequency	Folios	Note
partial additional staves	rarely	46v, 50r, 69v	Small staves drawn in the margin, usually to rectify eyeskip.
staveline added	often
notation extended into margin	occasionally	6r, 8r, 9r, 11v, 13r-v, 14v, 16v, 18v, 26v, 29v, 30v, 33v, 48r, 57v, 59v, 63v, 65r	Usually notes only run slightly over the edge of the stave into the margin; the overspill is more extensive on ff. 29v, 30v, and 48r.
notation and staves extended into margin	occasionally	14r, 32r, 42r-v, 45v-46r, 47r, 50v, 52v, 55r-56v, 57v-58r, 60v-61r, 63v, 64r, 65r-66v, 69r-v	With the exception of ff. 45v-46r, where many staves are extended into the margin, this technique is not widely used in the first section of the book (ff. 1r-52r). It is much more prevalent in the second section of the book (52v-69v).

Copying of text and music

Language(s)	Latin
Order of Copying	music first always

Presence/absence of text	Voice part	Frequency	Folios	Note
provided with single incipit	bassus	rarely	39v-40r
partially texted with one text	all except bassus	rarely	39v-40r
untexted	bassus	rarely	9v-10r
fully texted with one text	all except bassus	rarely	9v-10r
untexted	bassus primus	rarely	17v-18r
fully texted with one text	all voice parts	rarely	1r, 6v-8r, 60v-62r, 63v, 66r, 68v
provided with single incipit	all voice parts	occasionally	12v-17r, 18v-20r, 22v-24r, 40v-42r, 50v-52r
untexted	all voice parts	rarely	53v-55r, 57v-60r, 64v-65r
partially texted with one text	all voice parts	rarely	30v-33r
untexted	all except discantus	rarely	69v
partially texted with one text	all except discantus	occasionally	8-9v, 11v-12r, 24v-25r, 26v-27r, 33v-36r
provided with single incipit	all except discantus	sometimes	27v-30r, 36v-39r, 42v-45r, 46v-50r, 64r
fully texted with one text	all except discantus	rarely	3v-6r
fully texted with one text	all except altus	rarely	67v-68r
fully texted with one text	all except tenor	rarely	2v-3r, 52v-53r
provided with single incipit	all except bassus primus	rarely	17v-18r
provided with single incipit	discantus and tenor	rarely	20v-21r
untexted	all except discantus and tenor	rarely	20v-21r
fully texted with one text	discantus and tenor	rarely	65v, 69r
untexted	discantus and tenor	rarely	21v-22r
provided with single incipit	all except discantus and tenor	rarely	21v-22r, 25v-26r, 45v-46r, 65v, 69r
partially texted with one text	tenor	rarely	25v-26r, 45v-46r
fully texted with one text	discantus	sometimes	1v-2r, 8-9v, 11v-12r, 24v-30r, 33v-39r, 42v-47r, 64r, 69v
provided with one or two incipits	tenor	rarely	1v-3r, 52v-53r	52v: tenor has Mass text (Kyrie) and chant source ('on a fait pourtant crier')
partially texted with one text	all except discantus and tenor	rarely	1v-2r
partially texted with one text	discantus	rarely	38v-39r, 47v-50r
partially texted with one text	altus	rarely	38v-39r, 67v-68r
provided with single incipit	all except discantus and altus	rarely	38v-39r
provided with one or two incipits	discantus	rarely	3v-6r, 56v-57r
untexted	all except discantus and altus	rarely	56v-57r
provided with single incipit	altus	rarely	56v-57r

Music

Colour(s) of notation	black reddish brown
Colour of notation note	<p>black notation found ff. 21r-v, 56v-57r, elsewhere varying degrees of reddish brown.</p>
Type(s) of notation	void mensural
Type of notation note	rhomboid noteheads mainly, except ff. 52v-55r, 62v-66v, 68v-69r (teardrop)
Monophonic notation	absent
Level of calligraphy	fair
Level of calligraphy note	ff. 56v-57r less neatly copied than elsewhere; significant tilt to right.

Non verbal performance instructions	Folios	Note
coronae		Frequent ff. 11v-17r, 52v-69v. Elsewhere less common.
signes-de-renvoi	15v-16r, 45v-46r, 50v, 60v-61r, 61v, 68v-66r	final folios bound in wrong order, so 68v and 66r were original one opening
repeat signs	2v, 5v
pointers	46v
end symbol		decorative final barline common ff. 1r-2r, 10v, 18v-24r, 57v-68r; elsewhere less common
signa congruentiae	17v, 24v, 26v, 28r-29v, 34r, 36v, 46r
Line fillers	Folios	Note
none
Later changes	Folios
f. 54v: erasure and correction of notation

Text

Types of script	cursive
Types of script size position	Voice names written in larger script: above each part ff. 1r-10v, vertical in left margin next to each part ff. 11v-52r, and horizontal in left margin ff. 52v-69r.
Types of script note	Underlaid text written in neat cursive script. Voice names written in hybrida formata. Some erosion of the paper from the ink (e.g. f. 6)
Level of calligraphy	fair
Colour(s) of text	brown reddish brown
Multiple texts	yes 2v, 5v, 52v
Text repetitions	fairly many
Abbreviations	fairly many
Non underlaid vocal text	none
Liminary text	'in duplo' 3v 'verte (cito/folium)' 4v, 5r, 58v 'in diapente' 7r, 9r 'canon' 10r 'crescite et multiplicamini' 10r 'ad longum' 10r, 53v 'duo' 19v, 22r, 36r, 38v-39r, 61r, 67r-68v 'tacet' 25v, 26v, 30v, 31v, 33r-v, 35r-v, 36v, 41v, 48v, 50v, 67r 'ut supra' 31v-33r, 39v 'tertium super primum' 32v 'secundus agnus' 41v-42r 'discantus ante' 49v 'reverte citius' 53v 'argentum et aurum non et meum' (tenor source) 49v 'lomedarme' (tenor source) 52v title 33v, 54v composer, Henricus Izaac: 24v, 33v, 42v; Josquin des Pres 52v; Alonso 60v, 61v; Penyalosa 62r; Cots 63v , 3v, 4v, 5r, 7r, 9r, 10r, 19v, 22r, 24v, 25v, 26v, 30v, 31v-33v, 35r-36v, 38v-39v, 41v-42v, 48v, 49v, 50v, 52v, 53v, 54v, 58v, 60v-62r, 63v, 67r-68v
Later changes	A different hand in black ink adds the source of the tenor on f. 24v: 'comme femme desconfort', 24v

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
initials planned	rarely	11v, 67r-68r			No indentation, but first letter of voice part missing, so initial (in margin) must have been expected.
penned initials	normally		plain initials	Before stave (no indentation). Discantus and/or tenor voice usually have an initial that is one or two stave tall, other voices have smaller initial (no more than one stave tall) if present.	Fairly simple penned initial, copied at the same time as the copying of the text, in the same ink.	Small indentation of stave of f. 34v for start of discantus.
Other decoration frequency		Folios	Other decoration type(s)	Size position	Description	Discrepancies
rarely		65v	end-symbol		Final barline of altus decorated with a grotesque head. Other decorative barlines found elsewhere (see non verbal performance instructions).
rarely		1r	littera notabilior	Crossing the lower part of the stave	'X' and 'K' of Christe and Kyrie written as enlarged litterae notabiliores, crossing part of the stave (space had been left).

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