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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Great Britain
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Arundel
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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
2
poetry collection with some notated music
1
Material
parchment
2
parchment and paper (mixed)
1
Format
upright
3
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
1
normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
3
Ruling Medium
freehand
1
single rastrum
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straightedge
2
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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2
1
3
2
4
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5
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6
3
7
3
8
2
9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
1
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
1
4-part opening
1
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
1
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
none
1
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
full mensural
3
void mensural
1
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
German
1
Latin
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
2
display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
normally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
2
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Type of notation: full mensural
Number of staves: 5
Colour of staves: brown
Number of staves: 7
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5465, c. 1500, All folios
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