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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Material
paper (with parchment)
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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
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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6
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part opening
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
1
German
1
Italian
1
Latin
3
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (German)
1
display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
2
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
occasionally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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ornament
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signa congruentiae
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 17 (olim 148), 1490-1500, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 30, 1496-1497, All folios
St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 461, c. 1515-1545, All folios
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