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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Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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tablebook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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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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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
5
light brown
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red
2
reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
19
straightedge
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triple rastrum
4
Number of staves
10
6
11
3
2
1
3
2
4
3
5
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6
11
7
6
8
7
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part opening
8
2-part score
1
2-part single page
9
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
23
3-part score
1
3-part single page
10
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
19
4-part score
1
4-part single page
9
5-part opening
5
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
none
13
quintuple
1
single
16
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
20
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
15
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
8
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
19
notation extended into margin
18
other
1
partial additional staves
12
staveline added
7
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
19
dark brown
2
light brown
2
red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
3
void mensural
22
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
11
poor
1
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
2
repeat signs
17
signa congruentiae
15
signes-de-renvoi
13
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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Flemish
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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
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
14
fully texted with one text
19
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
7
partially texted with one text
14
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
7
provided with single incipit
20
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
19
Type of Script
cursive
9
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
4
display script
1
humanistic
1
hybrida
4
roman
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textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
high
11
poor
5
Colour of Text
black
3
blue
1
brown
23
dark brown
2
light brown
1
red
4
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
12
yes
14
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
2
never
2
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
3
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
5
flourished
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
7
occasionally
4
often
4
rarely
5
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
7
calligraphic with grotesque heads
7
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
historiated
1
plain initials
6
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
6
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
5
sometimes
4
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
3
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
4
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
3
signes-de-renvoi
1
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Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
Type of notation: chant (square)
Type of notation: strene notation
Ruling medium: freehand
Borders frequency: never
Colour of notation: red
Penned initials type: plain initials
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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