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 (with parchment)
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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
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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gold
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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quadruple rastrum
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
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6
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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quintuple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
1
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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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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dark brown
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gold
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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Presence or Absence of Text
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
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
brown
2
dark brown
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gold
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
2
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1
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
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Penned Initials Type
decorated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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sometimes
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 11
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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