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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Modena
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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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
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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10
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3
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
3
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
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4-part opening
4
4-part single page
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5-part opening
3
6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
4
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
Adhoc Adaptation
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
cue notes
1
pointers
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Italian
1
Latin
5
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
1
blue
1
brown
4
dark brown
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
often
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
flourished
5
littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
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often
2
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Non verbal performance instructions: custodes
Penned initials type: calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Kraków, Poland, Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Berlin MS Mus. 40098 (olim Z 98 and Z 8037), c. 1477-82, Discantus partbook, all folios
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