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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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printed treatise with added polyphony
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Material
paper
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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12
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14
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between 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
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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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provided with one or two incipits
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untexted
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varies
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
always
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often
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Colour of notation: brown
Indentation for initials: none
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Monophonic notation: absent
Pricking frequency: never
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Mus. ant. theor. 30, Early 16th century, i-ii
Leipzig, Germany, Universitätsbibliothek, MS 1494, c. 1490-1504, All folios
London, Great Britain, Royal College of Music, MS 1070, 1505-13, All folios
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