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
choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Number of staves
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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 consecutive
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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 consecutive
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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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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quintuple
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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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none
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
8
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
2
other
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
3
dark brown
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light brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
strene notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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n/a
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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
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fully texted with two texts
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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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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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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
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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trompe l'oeil
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
3
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
1
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 6 (= MaiM 2), c. 1508-30, All folios
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