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
always
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none visible
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occasionally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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4-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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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
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
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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normally
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
4
occasionally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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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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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: black
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Level of calligraphy text: high
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Type of script: textura
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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