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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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
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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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Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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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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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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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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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staves extended into margin
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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
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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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
French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
4
fully texted with two texts
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
6
textura
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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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red
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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
occasionally
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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: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic 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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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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end-symbol
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Monophonic notation: absent
Physical format: upright
Production method: Manuscript
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.M.1.2 (Lat. 457; olim VI.H.I), c. 1505, All folios
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