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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Production method
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
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
brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
11
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6
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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single
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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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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
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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
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Colour of Text
brown
2
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
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Colour of staves: brown
Indentation for initials: none
Other decoration type: decorative final long
Physical format: upright
Planned initials frequency: often
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London, Great Britain, Royal College of Music, MS 1070, 1505-13, All folios
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds du conservatoire MS Rés. 862, c. 1503-5, 73-88
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