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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook (fragment)
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
13
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6
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part single page
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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 between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
sometimes
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Level of calligraphy text: high
Other decoration type: decorative final long
Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds du conservatoire MS Rés. 862, c. 1503-5, 73-88
Zwickau, Germany, Ratsschulbibliothek, MS 95,2, Second half of 15th century, Single folio
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