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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Austria
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Ferrara
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Munich
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Munich, Germany
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
8
Material
paper
8
Format
upright
8
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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occasionally
1
sometimes
4
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
2
2
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
5
2-part single page
1
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
8
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
6
6-part opening
3
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
4
single
8
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
4
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
display script
4
textura
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
7
Colour of Text
black
8
red
7
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Borders frequency: often
Colour of staves: brown
Level of calligraphy music: very high
Painted initials type: decorated
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
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Padua, Italy, Biblioteca Capitolare, MS A 17, 1522, All folios
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