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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Italy
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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
1
composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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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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n/a
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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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brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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4
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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
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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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Indentation for Initials
none
1
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4
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empty ruled staves on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
French
4
German
1
Italian
4
Latin
4
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
3
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
hybrida
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
2
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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always
1
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1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
plain initials
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often
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Pricking frequency: normally
Level of calligraphy text: high
Physical type: choirbook
Number of staves: 17
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Cape Town, South Africa, National Library of South Africa, MS Grey 3.b.12, Before 1506, All folios
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