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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partbooks (complete set)
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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2-part opening
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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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Indentation for Initials
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single
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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
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
3
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
7
light brown
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Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
4
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
7
German
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Italian
5
Latin
8
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
6
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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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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dark brown
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light brown
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red
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
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rarely
2
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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historiated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
2
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
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often
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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Type of script: cursive (Anglicana)
Type of notation: chant (square)
Colour of notation: red
Ruling medium: freehand
Disposition of voice part: 3-part score
Number of staves: 8
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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