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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Belgium
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Production method
Manuscript
4
Physical type
choirbook
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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
always
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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light brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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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 opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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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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quadruple
1
single
2
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
red
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
4
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
fully texted with two or more texts
2
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
1
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
4
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
4
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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Separate text: no separate text
Copy language name: French
Borders size: partial borders: one-sided
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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