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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partbook (single)
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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
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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11
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14
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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Latin
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Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
2
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
hybrida
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Painted initials frequency: normally
Pricking frequency: none visible
Indentation for initials: single
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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