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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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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brown
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double and single rastra
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double rastrum
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freehand
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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14
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6
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7
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
9
2-part single page
8
3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
20
3-part single page
9
4-part opening
20
4-part single page
10
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10
6-part opening
4
n/a
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triple
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varies
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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2
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no separate text
12
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12
provided, in dedicated space
4
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Indentation for initials filled in
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13
notation and staves extended into margin
22
notation extended into margin
14
other
1
partial additional staves
10
staveline added
5
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Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
21
red
1
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chant (square)
2
full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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7
Level of Calligraphy
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9
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coronae
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end symbol
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16
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2
partially texted with one text
8
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
6
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14
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
17
varies
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8
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cursive (bastarda)
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
14
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Colour of Text
black
4
blue
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brown
22
red
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Multiple Texts
no
12
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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always
1
never
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normally
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
normally
9
occasionally
5
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
8
calligraphic with grotesque heads
7
flourished
3
historiated
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
5
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
3
often
4
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Number of staves: 2
Type of notation: void mensural
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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