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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Austria
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Arundel
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England
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Production method
Manuscript
13
Physical type
choirbook
13
Material
paper
6
parchment
5
parchment (with paper)
2
Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
3
never
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none visible
4
normally
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occasionally
1
often
2
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
3
Number of staves
1
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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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9
11
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
7
3-part opening
8
4-part opening
9
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
13
6-part opening
8
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
10
none
1
single
13
triple
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
none
1
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
10
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
13
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
3
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
11
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
12
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
13
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
2
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
4
display script
10
textura
8
Level of Calligraphy
high
13
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
13
blue
2
dark red
1
green
1
red
11
Multiple Texts
no
13
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
2
rarely
3
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
5
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
2
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
2
often
1
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
3
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part score
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Other decoration type: end-symbol
Planned initials frequency: rarely
Pricking frequency: never
Type of notation: chant (square)
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, c.1460-1510, All folios
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