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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partbook (single)
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partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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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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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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4
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5
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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3-part opening
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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
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quadruple
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triple
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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German
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Italian
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Latin
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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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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
2
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
1
Colour of Text
black
3
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
rarely
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Colour of text: light brown
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one or two texts
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy music: poor
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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