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
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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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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
Type of Notation
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
German
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two texts
3
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
7
textura
6
Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
flourished
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Type of script: display script
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Level of calligraphy text: high
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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