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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quadruple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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German
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Italian
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Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
2
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
Penned Initials Type
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
occasionally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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Colour of text: black
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Level of calligraphy text: high
Other decoration frequency: often
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Production method: Manuscript
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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