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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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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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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
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other
1
partial additional staves
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
2
light brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
1
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
4
German
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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varies
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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light brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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historiated
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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sometimes
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Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2442, First half of the 16th century, probably c. 1527, Cantus partbook, all folios
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