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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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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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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left between voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
dark brown
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light brown
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Italian
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Latin
8
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
3
partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
antiqua
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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dark brown
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light brown
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red
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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
often
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rarely
10
Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
10
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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often
2
rarely
6
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
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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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occasionally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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ornament
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Ghiselin: Misse, Venice, Italy, 1503, , "1503 die 15 Julij.",
Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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