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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monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
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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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
12
4-part opening
15
5-part opening
12
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
4
7-part opening
1
n/a
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
6
quadruple
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single
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triple
11
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
2
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
9
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
17
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
15
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
17
Monophonic Notation
absent
14
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
4
poor
1
very high
10
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
none
1
signa congruentiae
9
signes-de-renvoi
13
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
2
French
5
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Latin
15
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
15
fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
11
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
1
display script
11
hybrida
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
5
very high
10
Colour of Text
black
15
blue
1
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
12
Multiple Texts
no
10
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
10
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
11
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
2
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
6
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
10
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
11
occasionally
4
often
1
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
8
rarely
3
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
11
normally
1
often
1
Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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