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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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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
always
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none visible
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occasionally
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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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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2-part single page
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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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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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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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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
8
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
2
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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full mensural
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void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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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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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
6
display script
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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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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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
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Colour of staves: black
Indentation for initials: single
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 9
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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