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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Arundel
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
1
parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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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
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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4
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5
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6
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
10-part opening
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19-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
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single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
1
red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
2
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
2
brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
Penned Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Locations part of: Great Britain
Type of notation: void mensural
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
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