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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Mantua
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Rome
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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
parchment
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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
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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antiqua
1
cursive (bastarda)
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textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
2
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
1
ornament
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Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Locations part of: Italy
Monophonic notation: absent
Multiple texts: no
Type of script: textura
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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