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
partbook (single)
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partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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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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straightedge
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Number of staves
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part score
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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 below voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
blue
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
English
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German
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
Colour of Text
brown
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dark brown
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red
1
Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
Number of staves: 1
Number of staves: 3
Physical format: oblong
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 21, 1521-25, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 66 (olim H.C. 63; = MaiM 11), c. 1515, All folios
Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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