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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Belgium
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Arundel
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
3
Material
parchment
2
parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
never
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
3
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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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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2-part single page
1
3-part opening
2
4-part opening
2
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
3
single
3
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
red
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two or more texts
2
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
3
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Presence absence of text: partially texted with one or two texts
Presence absence of text: untexted
Penned initials frequency: rarely
Physical type: choirbook
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, c. 1515-20, All folios
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