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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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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never
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none visible
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often
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rarely
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Colour of Staves
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4-part opening
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6-part opening
7
8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quadruple
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single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
20
not in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
21
red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
20
Monophonic Notation
absent
21
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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n/a
3
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
10
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Language
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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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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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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roman
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rotonda
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textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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n/a
3
very high
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Colour of Text
black
21
blue
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red
15
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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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 and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
6
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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banner
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
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Number of staves: 5
Indentation for initials: double
Monophonic notation: absent
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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