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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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
black
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
untexted
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Type of Script
display script
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textura
1
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
2
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
1
littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
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Colour of staves: red
Colour of text: black
Other decoration frequency: sometimes
Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
Type of notation: void mensural
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 13 (olim 138), 1482, All folios
Coimbra, Portugal, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, MS M.12, First half 16th century, All folios
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