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
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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7-part opening
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
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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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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
3
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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flourished
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never
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Penned initials type: flourished
Presence absence of text: fully texted with two or more texts
Separate text: no separate text
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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