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
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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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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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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4-part consecutive
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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double
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none
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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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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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black
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brown
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dark 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
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
often
2
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
2
historiated
2
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
1
rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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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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Colour of text: brown
Copy language name: French
Locations name: France
Locations part of: France
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Type of notation: void mensural
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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