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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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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tablebook
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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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
8
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
15
4-part single page
8
5-part opening
7
6-part opening
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8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
10
single
8
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
14
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
12
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
8
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
6
other
1
partial additional staves
8
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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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
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fully texted with one or two texts
9
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
3
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 (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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light 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
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
4
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
5
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
always
2
never
1
normally
3
often
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Indentation for initials: double
Indentation for initials: triple
Miniatures frequency: rarely
Monophonic notation: absent
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Non verbal performance instructions: space-filler
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 6 (= MaiM 2), c. 1508-30, All folios
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