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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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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straightedge
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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10-part opening
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19-part opening
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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triple
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empty ruled staves 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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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
6
staveline added
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Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Colour of Text
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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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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always
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
3
often
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rarely
5
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
historiated
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: red
Colour of text: red
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Other decoration frequency: never
Type of script: textura
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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