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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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dark brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
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single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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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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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 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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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
6
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
5
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
4
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
7
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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German
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more 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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untexted
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
5
dark brown
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red
3
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
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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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
3
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 3
Penned initials frequency: sometimes
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Type of notation: void mensural
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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