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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Countries
Belgium
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Great Britain
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Cities
Arundel
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Brussels
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Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
3
Material
paper
1
parchment
2
Format
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
none visible
1
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
1
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
2
straightedge
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Number of staves
1
1
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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3
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5
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6
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
1
4-part opening
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
2
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
2
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
staves not ruled
1
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two or more texts
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
3
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
3
dark red
1
green
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Colour of text: blue
Number of staves: 8
Number of staves: 9
Physical type: choirbook
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3 (olim H.C.1; = MaiM 8), c. 1520-5, All folios
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