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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
2
parchment
2
Format
oblong
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
2
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6
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7
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part single page
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3-part single page
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
pointers
2
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
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4
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
hybrida
1
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
3
dark brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
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1
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calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
end-symbol
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Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Borders frequency: never
Number of staves: 6
Penned initials type: flourished
Pricking frequency: always
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
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