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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
1
never
1
none visible
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occasionally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
3
brown
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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3
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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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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4-part opening
1
4-part single page
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5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
1
single
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
none
2
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (Gothic)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
1
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (German)
1
display script
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
Painted Initials Type
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
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Colour of staves: black
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Number of staves: 3
Number of staves: 5
Production method: Manuscript
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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