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
5
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
4
paper (with parchment)
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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
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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6
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7
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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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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
none
4
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
1
not in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
5
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
3
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Dutch
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French
5
German
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Italian
3
Latin
5
Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
2
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
5
provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
2
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
2
brown
5
dark brown
1
red
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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historiated
1
Planned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, c. 1515-20, All folios
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