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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Material
parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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oblong
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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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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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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7-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quadruple
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empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled
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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
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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end symbol
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
11
signes-de-renvoi
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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
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fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
9
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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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
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blue
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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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 and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
2
partial borders: one-sided
4
partial borders: three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
often
1
rarely
11
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
4
often
1
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 with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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signa congruentiae
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of notation: brown
Copy language name: French
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Penned initials type: historiated
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
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