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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choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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upright
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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2-part single page
2
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
2
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4-part opening
9
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
2
6-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
double
4
none
6
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
left between voice parts as part of grid
4
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
blue
1
brown
3
dark brown
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
11
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
4
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
none
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pointers
2
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
5
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
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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
12
partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
4
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
7
Type of Script
cursive
8
cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
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poor
3
Colour of Text
black
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brown
4
dark brown
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red
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reddish brown
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yellow
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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
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
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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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