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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Cities
Antwerp
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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partbook (single)
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Material
parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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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
1
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Italian
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one text
1
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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rarely
2
Borders Frequency
occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
3
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Colour of notation: black
Colour of staves: brown
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouvelles acquisitions françaises MS 1817, c. 1514-23, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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