PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Belgium
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Brussels
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
2
partbooks (incomplete set)
1
Material
paper
1
paper (with parchment)
1
parchment
1
Format
oblong
2
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
2
gold
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
3
Number of staves
10
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3
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4
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5
3
6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
3-part opening
1
4-part opening
2
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
1
single
2
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
1
gold
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Italian
2
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
provided with single incipit
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
2
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
often
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
flourished
3
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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often
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.F.9.9 (Ital. 1221; olim VIII.F.27), 1495-6, All folios
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 464, c. 1510-1520, with additions c. 1540, All folios
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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