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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper (with parchment)
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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
none visible
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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5
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6
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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quadruple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
2
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
1
very high
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Colour of Text
black
3
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
often
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rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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Colour of text: black
Copy language name: French
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 4
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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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