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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choirbook (fragment)
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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13
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6
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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2-part single page
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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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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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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
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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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
2
present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
3
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
sometimes
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Level of calligraphy music: poor
Locations part of: Germany
Material: paper
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
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