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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Belgium
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Physical type
chansonnier
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choirbook
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Material
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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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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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3-part single page
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4-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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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
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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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
void mensural
5
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
5
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
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English
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Flemish
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French
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Latin
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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
5
fully texted with two or more texts
2
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
4
display script
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
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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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
often
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rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Level of calligraphy music: high
Material: paper
Number of staves: 9
Physical format: upright
Separate text: not in dedicated space
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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