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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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Height of Staves
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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triple
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of 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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provided, 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
3
other
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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dark brown
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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
end symbol
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pointers
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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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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one or 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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varies
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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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
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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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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flourished
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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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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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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
1
often
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rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Borders frequency: never
Locations name: England
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Painted initials type: flourished
Physical type: choirbook
Type of notation: strene notation
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
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