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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Belgium
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Brussels
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Production method
Manuscript
8
Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
5
paper (with parchment)
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parchment
2
Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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rarely
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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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gold
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red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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quadruple rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
8
3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
3
5-part opening
6
6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quadruple
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single
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triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
1
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
not in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
7
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
4
dark brown
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gold
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red
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
2
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
4
very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
2
French
7
Italian
3
Latin
8
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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roman
2
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
6
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
4
brown
3
dark brown
1
gold
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
2
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
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historiated
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
often
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Pricking frequency: none visible
Separate text: no separate text
Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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