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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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music treatise(s) with appended 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
sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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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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3-part consecutive
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3-part single page
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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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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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none
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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
1
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
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
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
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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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end symbol
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
3
brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
3
historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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banner
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Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Presence absence of text: untexted
Pricking frequency: normally
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of notation: void mensural
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
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