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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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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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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Number of staves
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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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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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Indentation for Initials
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none
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single
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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
9
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
5
Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
10
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
4
cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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dark 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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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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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
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sometimes
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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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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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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Level of calligraphy music: high
Type of script: display script
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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