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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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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Number of staves
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5-part opening
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double
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quadruple
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empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
9
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1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
4
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
brown
2
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
5
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
2
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
8
Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
9
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
9
fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
3
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Italianate)
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textura
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Colour of Text
black
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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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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
3
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Pricking frequency: none visible
Indentation for initials: double
Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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