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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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
quadruple rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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11
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12
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16
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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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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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
1
red
3
Type of Notation
full mensural
3
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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English
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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 with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
3
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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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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red
4
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
flourished
1
historiated
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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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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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Colour of notation: brown
Disposition of voice part: 19-part opening
Non verbal performance instructions: numbers to indicate note lengths
Number of staves: 5
Production method: Manuscript
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
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