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
chansonnier
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choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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12
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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12-part opening
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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
11
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
6
6-part opening
3
8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
4
none
9
quintuple
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
6
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
11
brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
13
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
English
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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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
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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humanistic
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hybrida
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
8
brown
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dark 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
never
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none visible
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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often
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
2
never
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normally
2
often
2
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 11239, c. 1500, All folios
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