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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
blue
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
brown
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of staves: brown
Number of staves: 2
Number of staves: 3
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 337 (olim Palatino 1178), c. 1520, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
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