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
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Physical type
choirbook
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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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
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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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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staveline added
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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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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
blue
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brown
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red
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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
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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often
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: brown
Level of calligraphy text: high
Material: paper
Number of staves: 5
Physical format: oblong
Type of notation: void mensural
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Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2441, 1510-1515, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 464, c. 1510-1520, with additions c. 1540, All folios
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