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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Austria
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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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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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
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freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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11
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part opening
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2-part single page
7
3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
7
4-part opening
12
4-part single page
12
5-part opening
8
6-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
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single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
9
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
brown
6
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
3
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
4
pointers
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repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
8
Copying of Text
Language
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French
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
3
display script
2
rotonda
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textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
7
dark brown
2
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
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rarely
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 4-part single page
Indentation for initials: none
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 11239, c. 1500, All folios
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