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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Great Britain
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Arundel
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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5
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6
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7
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
1
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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display script
1
humanistic
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
1
blue
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brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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signes-de-renvoi
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Rome, Italy, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 2856 (olim O.V. 208), c. 1479-81, All folios
Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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