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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Great Britain
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Arundel
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England
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
3
choirbook (fragment)
1
Material
parchment
3
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
1
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
1
straightedge
3
Number of staves
10
3
11
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12
3
13
4
14
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15
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16
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17
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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
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
1
3-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
2
single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
red
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
4
void mensural
1
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
display script
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
Colour of Text
black
4
blue
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
sometimes
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
3
flourished
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
4
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
littera notabilior
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Locations part of: Great Britain
Type of notation: full mensural
Other decoration frequency: sometimes
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
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