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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Belgium
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Cities
Bologna
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Brussels
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Mechelen
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
1
sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
2
brown
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Ruling Medium
single 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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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
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3-part opening
2
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
2
5-part opening
2
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
1
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
Colour of Text
black
2
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Material: paper
Number of staves: 8
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 34 (= MaiM 88), 1521 - c. 1530, All folios
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