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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Material
paper
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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often
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Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
3
variable space, not on grid
10
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
11
brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
12
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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Italian
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Latin
12
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
9
textura
9
Level of Calligraphy
high
12
Colour of Text
black
11
blue
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brown
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dark red
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green
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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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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
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often
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rarely
2
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
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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littera notabilior
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Material: paper
Level of calligraphy text: high
Level of calligraphy music: high
Number of staves: 7
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 4, c. 1516-18, All folios
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