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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Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (complete set)
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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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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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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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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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
10
single
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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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none
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
8
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
10
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
5
poor
1
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
pointers
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repeat signs
10
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
7
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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German
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Latin
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Spanish
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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
9
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
10
provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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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
rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2439, c. 1505-10, All folios
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