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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Italy
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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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5
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6
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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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Indentation for Initials
none
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of 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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notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
poor
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Type of script: cursive (italic)
Material: paper
Colour of staves: black
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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