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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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normally
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Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
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2-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
7
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
7
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
Type of Notation
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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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 single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
4
display script
5
textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
7
very high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
5
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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calligraphic
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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never
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Production method: Manuscript
Indentation for initials: single
Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Number of staves: 6
Level of calligraphy text: high
Colour of text: black
Number of staves: 5
Number of staves: 7
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
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