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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Switzerland
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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook (single quire(s))
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partbooks (complete set)
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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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
never
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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
2
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3
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4
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6
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
left below voice parts as part of grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
4
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
poor
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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German
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
1
brown
4
Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Level of calligraphy text: poor
Locations part of: Switzerland
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Type of notation: void mensural
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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