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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choirbook (fragment(s))
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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1-part single page
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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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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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
5
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
poor
3
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
7
end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one text
2
provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
3
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
always
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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trompe l'oeil
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
3
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
1
historiated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
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