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) with appended monophony and polyphony
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partbooks (complete set)
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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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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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3
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6
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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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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4-part consecutive
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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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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
5
dark brown
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gold
1
light brown
1
red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
cue notes
1
end symbol
2
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
4
Italian
5
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (italic)
5
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
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poor
1
Colour of Text
brown
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red
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
1
flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
often
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Colour of staves: dark brown
Colour of text: brown
Material: paper
Penned initials frequency: normally
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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