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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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partbook (fragment)
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partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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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
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
3
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4
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-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
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
2
gold
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Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
2
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
3
German
1
Italian
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
3
Colour of Text
black
1
brown
3
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Copy language name: Dutch
Level of calligraphy text: poor
Material: paper
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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