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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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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dark brown
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light brown
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red-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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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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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
7
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
left between voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
1
dark brown
2
red-brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
pointers
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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Flemish
1
French
3
Italian
5
Latin
7
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
7
cursive (italic)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
3
blue
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brown
2
dark brown
2
grey
1
red
1
red-brown
1
reddish brown
1
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
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Indentation for initials: none
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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