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
chansonnier
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choirbook
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choirbook (fragment)
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Material
paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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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
black
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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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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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
3
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
6
display script
4
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
7
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
9
brown
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red
5
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
rarely
9
Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
6
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
9
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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Other Decoration Type
embellished final barline
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Pricking frequency: always
Painted initials type: decorated
Type of notation: void mensural
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St Gall, Switzerland, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 462, 1510-c. 1530, All folios
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