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
chansonnier
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choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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10
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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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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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
1
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4
triple
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empty ruled staves on grid
4
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
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repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
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Dutch
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English
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French
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Italian
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Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
2
provided with single incipit
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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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humanistic
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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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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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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often
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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often
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rarely
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never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Colour of text: black
Presence absence of text: untexted
Number of staves: 8
Level of calligraphy music: high
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 20 A. xvi, c. 1480-90, All folios
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