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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Munich
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Production method
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
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occasionally
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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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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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10-part opening
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19-part opening
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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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
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variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
numbers to indicate note lengths
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
display script
4
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
4
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part single page
Locations name: Rome
Monophonic notation: absent
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Other decoration frequency: normally
Production method: Manuscript
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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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