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
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
printed staves
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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 consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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3
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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
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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 or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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hybrida
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textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
2
very high
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Colour of Text
black
6
brown
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red
5
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
1
Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Magdalene College, MS Pepys 1760, c. 1509-c. 1514, All folios
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