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
5
Physical type
choirbook
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partbooks (complete set)
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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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
2
never
2
none visible
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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14
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
1
4-part opening
2
5-part opening
1
6-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
none
4
single
3
triple
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
1
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
4
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
1
poor
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
1
German
5
Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
2
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
2
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
2
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
4
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
Painted Initials Type
plain initials
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
occasionally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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