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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Czech Republic
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Spain
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Stirling
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
2
choirbook (fragment)
1
partbook (single)
3
poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
5
parchment
2
Format
oblong
2
upright
5
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
3
none visible
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
7
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
1
freehand
2
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
1
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10
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11
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12
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4
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4
4
7
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6
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7
5
8
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9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
10-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part consecutive
1
2-part score
1
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
2
3-part single page
2
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
single
7
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
1
other
2
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
blue
1
brown
6
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
1
poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
1
English
1
French
2
German
1
Italian
2
Latin
7
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
1
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
2
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
4
dark brown
2
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of text: dark brown
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Number of staves: 9
Other decoration type: littera notabilior
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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