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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Belgium
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Arundel
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Production method
Manuscript
6
Physical type
choirbook
5
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
Material
paper
3
parchment
3
Format
upright
6
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
3
often
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
5
brown
1
Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
1
freehand
1
single rastrum
2
straightedge
2
Number of staves
10
5
11
6
12
5
13
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14
2
15
1
16
1
17
1
4
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5
4
6
4
7
4
8
5
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
3-part opening
3
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
4
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
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
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
poor
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
2
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
3
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
poor
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
6
blue
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
littera notabilior
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Copy language name: Latin
Miniatures frequency: rarely
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 11
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, c. 1515-20, All folios
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