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
parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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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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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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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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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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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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quadruple
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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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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
brown
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red
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
10
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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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
Flemish
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French
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Latin
10
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
13
fully texted with two or more texts
5
partially texted with one or two texts
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
12
display script
11
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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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
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
4
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
11
occasionally
3
rarely
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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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decorated with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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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Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Borders frequency: rarely
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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