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
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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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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3
Latin
5
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1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
2
provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
2
hybrida
1
textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
5
very high
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Colour of Text
black
3
brown
2
red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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3
occasionally
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Level of calligraphy music: high
Borders size: partial borders: two-sided
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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