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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Italy
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Florence
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part opening
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
1
Italian
1
Latin
2
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (German)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
Colour of Text
black
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brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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ornament
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signa congruentiae
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
Material: parchment
Monophonic notation: absent
Other decoration frequency: occasionally
Pricking frequency: always
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 17 (olim 148), 1490-1500, All folios
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 461, c. 1515-1545, All folios
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