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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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5-part opening
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
1
brown
6
light brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
2
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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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
1
partially texted with one or two texts
6
partially texted with one text
6
partially texted with two texts
2
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
6
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
6
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
1
hybrida
2
Level of Calligraphy
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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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light brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
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rarely
2
Borders Size
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
2
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
normally
1
often
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Colour of notation: black
Copy language name: Latin
Extra space: none
Locations name: Utrecht
Multiple texts: no
Production method: Manuscript
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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