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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
parchment
1
parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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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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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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
2
single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
red
2
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
fully texted with two or more texts
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
2
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
never
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Colour of notation: black
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Number of staves: 11
Number of staves: 13
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 4, c. 1516-18, All folios
London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
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