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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
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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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
4
4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
3
none
2
single
3
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
3
humanistic
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
4
blue
1
brown
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
4
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
5
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
decorated
1
flourished
2
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Locations part of: Great Britain
Ruling medium: freehand
Number of staves: 5
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 1 (olim H.C. 59; = MaiM 7), c. 1510-after 1523, All folios
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