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
7
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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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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none visible
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normally
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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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staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
red
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
4
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
4
display script
4
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
2
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
7
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
2
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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end-symbol
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Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Number of staves: 7
Colour of staves: black
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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