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
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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red
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Ruling Medium
freehand
1
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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14
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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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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
2
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
none
2
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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full mensural
1
void mensural
1
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (German)
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textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Colour of Text
black
3
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
plain initials
2
Penned Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
littera notabilior
1
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 5
Painted initials frequency: normally
Copy language name: Latin
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8° 280, c. 1500,
Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 13 (olim 138), 1482, All folios
Cambridge, Great Britain, University Library, MS Nn.6.46, c. 1500, All folios
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