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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Great Britain
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Cities
Arundel
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Florence
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Italy (North)
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
3
Material
parchment
2
parchment (with paper)
1
Format
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
3
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
2
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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15
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16
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17
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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
1-part single page
1
2-part opening
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2-part single page
1
3-part opening
1
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
2
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
2
single
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
repeat signs
1
Copying of Text
Language
Italian
1
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
3
grey
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
often
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 6
Colour of text: blue
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Egerton 3051, c. 1500, All folios
Cape Town, South Africa, National Library of South Africa, MS Grey 3.b.12, Before 1506, All folios
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