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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Locations of Origin
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Great Britain
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Cities
Eton
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Modena
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Rome
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
3
Material
paper
2
parchment
1
Format
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
2
normally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
1
brown
1
dark brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
2
straightedge
1
Number of staves
10
3
11
1
12
1
13
1
14
1
15
1
16
1
17
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
1
3-part opening
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
3
6-part consecutive
1
6-part opening
2
7-part consecutive
1
8-part consecutive
1
8-part opening
1
9-part consecutive
1
9-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
1
double
1
none
2
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
cue notes
1
end symbol
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
Type of Script
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
3
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
often
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
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Colour of text: brown
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Type of script: textura
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40091 (olim Z 91), c. 1516, All folios
Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. X, c. 1520-30, All folios
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