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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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
2
choirbook (fragment)
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Material
parchment
3
Format
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
2
normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
2
Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
2
Number of staves
10
2
13
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4
1
5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
1
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
2
5-part opening
2
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
1
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
2
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
2
flourished
1
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
ornament
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Borders size: partial borders: one-sided
Multiple texts: no
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, MS Acquisti e doni 666, 1518, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 510 (= MaiM 4), c. 1513-19,
Zwickau, Germany, Ratsschulbibliothek, MS 95,2, Second half of 15th century, Single folio
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