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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partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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8
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
2
4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
5
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
4
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
dark brown
1
gold
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
poor
1
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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1
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive
1
cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
3
brown
1
dark brown
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gold
1
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
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sometimes
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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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
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
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Other Decoration Type
diagrams
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Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
Number of staves: 1
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
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