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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part score
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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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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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staves not ruled 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
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
4
other
2
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
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pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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Latin
4
Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive
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humanistic
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roman
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
2
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
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plain initials
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often
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Number of staves: 3
Other decoration frequency: often
Colour of staves: black
Number of staves: 10
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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