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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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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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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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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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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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2-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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8-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
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not in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
5
red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
3
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
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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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
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
4
rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
3
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
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Penned initials type: flourished
Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 4-part single page
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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