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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partbook (single)
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Material
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
none visible
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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4
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5
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled 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
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Italian
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
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Colour of Text
black
2
red
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Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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Production method: Manuscript
Presence absence of text: varies
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Colour of staves: brown
Colour of staves: black
Penned initials frequency: rarely
Colour of notation: black
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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