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
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Printed work
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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (fragment)
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (complete set)
3
Material
paper
12
Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
n/a
3
never
1
none visible
6
normally
1
sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
1
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9
2
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
3
4-part opening
7
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
5
single
9
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
none
3
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
5
other
1
partial additional staves
5
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
brown
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
3
n/a
3
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
signa congruentiae
4
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
4
French
3
German
4
Italian
3
Latin
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
partially texted with two or more texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
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Type of Script
Italic
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cursive
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cursive (German)
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display script
4
roman
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rotonda
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textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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n/a
3
Colour of Text
black
10
blue
1
brown
3
dark red
1
green
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
flourished
2
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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