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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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black
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1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
8
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no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
6
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
8
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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chant (square)
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strene notation
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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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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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
5
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
7
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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display script
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hybrida
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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blue
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dark brown
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gold
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light brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
2
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: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
1
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
5
flourished
1
historiated
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plain initials
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
6
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
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Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, c. 1515-20, All folios
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