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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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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occasionally
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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
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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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
10
6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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triple
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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
11
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
11
Type of Notation
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
11
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
11
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two texts
5
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
9
textura
9
Level of Calligraphy
high
10
very high
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Colour of Text
black
11
blue
1
dark red
1
green
1
red
10
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
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rarely
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calligraphic
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flourished
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plain initials
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occasionally
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normally
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Level of calligraphy music: high
Material: paper
Number of staves: 4
Number of staves: 8
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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