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
8
Physical type
choirbook
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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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
always
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never
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none visible
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normally
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
6
2-part opening
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2-part score
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2-part single page
2
3-part opening
4
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
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single
6
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
blue
1
brown
1
dark brown
6
gold
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
3
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
pointers
2
repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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English
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French
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German
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
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
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partially texted with one text
5
provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
5
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (humanistic)
4
display script
1
hybrida
1
roman
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
5
poor
1
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
3
dark brown
8
gold
1
red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
4
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
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
occasionally
1
often
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rarely
2
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 3, 1518-20, All folios
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