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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Belgium
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Manuscript
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Physical type
chansonnier
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choirbook
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choirbook (fragment)
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Material
parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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4
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5
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6
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part single page
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
custodes
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
2
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
4
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
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zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
2
often
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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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sometimes
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Pricking frequency: always
Indentation for initials: triple
Painted initials type: decorated
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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