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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Pricking
always
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none visible
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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
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
5
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
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Language
Flemish
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Latin
5
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
3
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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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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Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Borders frequency: never
Colour of text: red
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Physical type: choirbook
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
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