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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Production method
Manuscript
3
Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (fragment)
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
parchment
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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
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
2
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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13
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2
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3
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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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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
1
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
1
5-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
single
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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
signa congruentiae
1
Copying of Text
Language
German
1
Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
2
Type of Script
antiqua
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
2
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
1
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
flourished
1
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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ornament
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Material: parchment
Colour of staves: brown
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, MS Acquisti e doni 666, 1518, All folios
Zwickau, Germany, Ratsschulbibliothek, MS 95,2, Second half of 15th century, Single folio
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