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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Austria
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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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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normally
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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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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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
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
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Italian
1
Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two texts
6
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
3
hybrida
1
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
6
Colour of Text
black
6
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Borders frequency: never
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
Number of staves: 8
Production method: Manuscript
Presence absence of text: untexted
Colour of text: red
Copy language name: Latin
Colour of text: dark brown
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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