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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Austria
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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
none visible
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normally
1
occasionally
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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7
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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
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
3
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
untexted
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Type of Script
display script
4
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
Colour of Text
black
5
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
flourished
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
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Locations part of: Germany
Monophonic notation: present
Number of staves: 4
Number of staves: 8
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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