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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
none
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
German
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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untexted
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Type of Script
textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
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calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
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often
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diagrams
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Material: parchment
Number of staves: 4
Type of script: textura
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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