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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Munich
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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
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
5
8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
4
single
11
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
11
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
other
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
11
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
7
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
4
Copying of Text
Language
German
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Latin
11
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
8
textura
10
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
9
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
10
brown
1
red
8
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
flourished
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
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often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 8
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Locations part of: Germany
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 2245, c. 1490-8, All folios
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