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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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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
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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10-part opening
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19-part opening
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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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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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
7
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
7
poor
1
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
numbers to indicate note lengths
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
11
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (Italianate)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
1
hybrida
2
roman
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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
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blue
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brown
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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
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
4
historiated
1
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
1
often
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
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Presence absence of text: provided with two incipits
Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
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Madrid, Spain, Palacio Real, Biblioteca, MS II/1335, c. 1505-20, All folios
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