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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Countries
Belgium
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Cities
Arundel
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Brussels
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Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
parchment
2
parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
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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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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3
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4
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
3
single
3
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
occasionally
3
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
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Borders frequency: occasionally
Disposition of voice part exact%3a4-part opening
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Physical format: upright
Physical type: choirbook
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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