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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Leipzig
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Production method
Manuscript
7
Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
6
parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
3
none visible
2
sometimes
2
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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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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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
7
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
2
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
3
single
6
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
4
other
2
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
7
Type of Notation
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
1
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
6
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
7
German
2
Italian
3
Latin
7
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one or two texts
4
partially texted with one text
6
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
7
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
7
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (italic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
3
roman
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
2
poor
3
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
6
dark brown
2
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
historiated
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
often
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Indentation for initials: quadruple
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
Planned initials frequency: never
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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