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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Manuscript
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chansonnier
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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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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often
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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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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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12-part opening
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
31
3-part score
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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quadruple
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quintuple
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triple
15
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empty ruled staves on grid
31
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
20
variable space, not on grid
9
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
27
not in dedicated space
10
provided, in dedicated space
7
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Indentation for initials filled in
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14
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
14
other
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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strene notation
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Language
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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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 multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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hybrida
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textura
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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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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
22
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
20
Borders Frequency
never
5
occasionally
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rarely
21
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
7
partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
6
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
7
Painted Initials Frequency
never
4
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
5
rarely
16
sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
10
decorated with grotesque heads
7
flourished
6
historiated
3
plain initials
2
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
22
occasionally
8
often
2
rarely
12
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
19
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
flourished
8
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
never
7
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
12
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
13
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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banner
1
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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