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
10
Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (fragment(s))
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choirbook (fragment)
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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
always
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never
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none visible
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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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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dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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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
3
9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
3
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
7
3-part single page
1
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
2
n/a
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
5
quintuple
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single
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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
2
none
3
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
6
other
2
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
10
Type of Notation
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
2
poor
2
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
1
none
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
French
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German
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Italian
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Latin
9
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
9
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
5
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (German)
3
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
2
roman
1
rotonda
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
2
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
10
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
10
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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historiated
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plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
5
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: brown
Penned initials frequency: rarely
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
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