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 (with parchment)
4
Format
upright
4
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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occasionally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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6
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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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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
staves not ruled on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
German
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
display script
2
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
3
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Colour of text: red
Material: paper (with parchment)
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
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