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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paper (with parchment)
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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
always
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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
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part opening
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4-part opening
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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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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
2
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (italic)
1
display script
1
roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
3
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
1
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
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rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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rarely
1
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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historiated
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Colour of staves: brown
Level of calligraphy music: high
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 10
Physical type: choirbook
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 33, 1495-1520, All folios
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