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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Printed work
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Physical type
choirbook
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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (complete set)
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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n/a
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never
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none visible
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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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dark brown
4
gold
1
light brown
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red
2
red-brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
2
quadruple rastrum
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single rastrum
19
straightedge
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triple rastrum
3
Number of staves
1
1
10
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11
2
12
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2
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3
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5
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6
15
7
8
8
8
9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
11
2-part opening
7
2-part score
1
2-part single page
10
3-part opening
22
3-part score
2
3-part single page
11
4-part opening
19
4-part score
1
4-part single page
13
5-part opening
7
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
1
8-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
4
none
13
single
20
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
23
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
13
not in dedicated space
17
provided, in dedicated space
5
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
8
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
15
other
2
partial additional staves
11
staveline added
10
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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light brown
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red-brown
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reddish brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
3
void mensural
27
Monophonic Notation
absent
25
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
16
high
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n/a
4
poor
1
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
20
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Flemish
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
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n/a
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
7
partially texted with one text
28
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
12
provided with single incipit
20
provided with two incipits
4
untexted
22
Type of Script
cursive
8
cursive (bastarda)
6
cursive (humanistic)
4
cursive (italic)
4
display script
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hybrida
5
roman
2
rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
10
n/a
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poor
6
very high
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Colour of Text
black
11
blue
2
brown
14
dark brown
5
gold
1
light brown
2
red
4
red-brown
1
reddish brown
2
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
15
yes
19
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
5
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
always
2
never
5
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
6
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
8
occasionally
2
often
4
rarely
4
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
11
calligraphic with decoration
7
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
2
flourished
3
historiated
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
4
rarely
6
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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normally
1
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
2
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 228, c. 1515, with additions around 1519, All folios
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