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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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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
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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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 opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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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
2
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
1
Type of Script
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
Painted Initials Type
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
2
littera notabilior
2
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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often
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
3
embellished final barline
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Other decoration type: decorated letters
Physical format: upright
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 d, First quarter of the 16th century, All folios
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