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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Italy
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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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normally
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Colour of Staves
dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
4
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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no separate text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
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gold
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
3
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
French
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3
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3
Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
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1
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
3
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
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Colour of staves: dark brown
Copy language name: Dutch
Physical format: oblong
Physical type: choirbook
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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