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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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
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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5
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
3
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Italian
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
1
textura
1
various
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
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Colour of Text
black
3
brown
3
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
2
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Adhoc adaptation: other
Colour of staves: dark brown
Monophonic notation: present
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 8, c. 1515-20, All folios
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