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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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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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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quadruple
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
1
very high
2
very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
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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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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often
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rarely
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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diagrams
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Number of staves: 5
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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