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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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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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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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
none
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
6
other
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
2
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
5
dark brown
2
gold
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light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
3
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
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fully texted with one or two texts
8
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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display script
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hybrida
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
3
gold
1
light brown
1
red
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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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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plain initials
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normally
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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
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Physical format: upright
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
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London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
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