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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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
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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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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none
4
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
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
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
2
Copying of Text
Language
German
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two texts
4
provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
display script
5
textura
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
9
red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Number of staves: 6
Type of script: textura
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Segovia, Spain, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, MS s.s., c. 1498-1515, All folios
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