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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Italy
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Ferrara
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Staffarda
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
4
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6
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7
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9
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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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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
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
2
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully 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 (humanistic)
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humanistic
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
3
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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often
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Colour of staves: reddish brown
Locations part of: Italy
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
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