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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Germany
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Emmerich
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Köln
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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partbook (single)
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
1
parchment
2
Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
2
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3
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4
2
5
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
1
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
1
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
2
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
poor
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
German
1
Italian
2
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
1
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Colour of Text
black
3
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8° 280, c. 1500,
Cambridge, Great Britain, Magdalene College, MS Pepys 1760, c. 1509-c. 1514, All folios
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouvelles acquisitions françaises MS 1817, c. 1514-23, All folios
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