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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music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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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
double rastrum
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freehand
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10
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4
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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 score
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
3
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
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other
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
blue
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dark brown
4
gold
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light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
4
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
2
pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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English
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French
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Italian
2
Latin
4
Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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roman
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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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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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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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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Locations name: Torgau
Miniatures frequency: never
Pricking frequency: never
Production method: Manuscript
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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