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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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
n/a
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never
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
4
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
4
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
4
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
n/a
1
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
6
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Language
Dutch
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French
5
German
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
5
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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roman
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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n/a
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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often
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banner
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decorative final long
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vignette
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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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