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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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
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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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normally
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occasionally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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7
5-part single page
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
3
single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
custodes
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
French
4
Italian
1
Latin
8
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
5
cursive (italic)
1
display script
4
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
3
poor
1
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
7
dark brown
1
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
6
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
6
occasionally
2
often
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rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
Other Decoration Type
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 20 A. xvi, c. 1480-90, All folios
Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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