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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Physical type
choirbook
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
4
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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dark brown
3
light brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Italian
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
high
3
poor
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Colour of Text
brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Type of script: cursive (Anglicana)
Production method: Manuscript
Type of notation: chant (square)
Type of notation: full mensural
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Level of calligraphy music: high
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 35 (olim H.C. 24; = MaiM 62), c. 1510-31, All folios
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