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
12
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
9
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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normally
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often
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rarely
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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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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
3
5-part opening
10
6-part opening
7
8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
12
none
3
single
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triple
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
staves not ruled on grid
6
variable space, not on grid
8
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
Type of Notation
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
high
12
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Latin
12
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
5
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
5
display script
9
textura
7
Level of Calligraphy
high
11
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
12
red
10
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Indentation for initials: double
Indentation for initials: single
Level of calligraphy music: high
Number of staves: 5
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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