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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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normally
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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3-part consecutive
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3-part score
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5-part consecutive
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Indentation for Initials
double
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quintuple
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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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no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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4
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
6
other
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partial additional staves
4
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
2
dark brown
4
red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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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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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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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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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
4
often
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rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
2
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
2
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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