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
chansonnier
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choirbook
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Material
paper
12
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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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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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
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14
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21
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
14
2-part single page
3
3-part opening
21
3-part single page
2
4-part opening
19
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
14
6-part opening
9
Indentation for Initials
double
12
none
8
quintuple
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single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
12
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
10
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
15
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
6
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
18
brown
4
red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
20
Monophonic Notation
absent
15
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
18
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
9
signes-de-renvoi
10
Copying of Text
Language
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
20
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
6
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
4
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
8
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
7
display script
12
humanistic
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
17
brown
5
dark brown
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red
14
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
11
yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
3
rarely
6
Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
4
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
5
Painted Initials Type
decorated
7
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
6
occasionally
5
often
2
rarely
4
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
9
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
4
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
littera notabilior
3
signes-de-renvoi
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 7
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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