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
chansonnier
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choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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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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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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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 score
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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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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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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reddish brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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none
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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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Language
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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very poor
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
4
occasionally
2
rarely
4
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
1
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
2
often
1
rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: staves extended into margin
Colour of notation: brown
Colour of staves: brown
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Number of staves: 6
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 230 (olim Magliabechi XIX.141), c. 1500-1513, before 1515, All folios
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