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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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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 single page
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
full mensural
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void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
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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provided with multiple 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 (humanistic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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Other Decoration Type
diagrams
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Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 2-part consecutive
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 2, c. 1515, All folios
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