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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Germany
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Great Britain
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Cities
Arundel
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1
England
1
Germany
1
Milan
2
Munich
1
Stirling
1
Vic
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Production method
Manuscript
9
Physical type
choirbook
8
choirbook (single quire(s))
1
Material
paper
7
parchment
2
Format
upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
9
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
7
brown
4
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
3
freehand
1
single rastrum
4
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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4
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5
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9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
1
10-part opening
1
12-part opening
1
19-part opening
1
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
1
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
4
4-part single page
2
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
5
6-part opening
4
7-part opening
1
n/a
2
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
2
single
7
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
5
poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Latin
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one text
9
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (German)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
2
hybrida
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
poor
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
7
blue
1
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
1
often
1
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
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Pricking frequency: none visible
Number of staves: 12
Number of staves: 11
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 230 (olim Magliabechi XIX.141), c. 1500-1513, before 1515, All folios
Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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