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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Production method
Manuscript
5
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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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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5-part consecutive
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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
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variable space, not on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
dark brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
3
Italian
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Latin
5
Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
1
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
1
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Pricking frequency: never
Physical type: choirbook
Level of calligraphy music: high
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Casale Monferrato, Italy, Archivio Capitolare, Fondo Musicale 1 (olim M(D)), 16th century, All folios
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