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 (single quire(s))
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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
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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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
1
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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none
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
English
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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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partially texted with one text
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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 (German)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.M.1.12 (Lat. 455; olim V.H.9), 1481, All folios
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