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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parchment (with paper)
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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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often
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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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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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
staves not ruled on grid
8
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
German
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Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
8
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
4
display script
6
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
8
very high
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Colour of Text
black
8
brown
1
red
6
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
3
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
occasionally
2
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
2
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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Colour of staves: black
Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 6
Separate text: no separate text
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 d, First quarter of the 16th century, All folios
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