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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Material
paper
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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)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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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
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
4
fully texted with two texts
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
6
display script
6
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
4
very high
3
Colour of Text
black
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red
6
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Extra space: none
Indentation for initials: double
Painted initials type: trompe l'oeil
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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