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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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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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
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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7-part opening
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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
5
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staves not ruled
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
4
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
4
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
5
display script
6
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
6
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
5
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
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sometimes
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calligraphic
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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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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: black
Copy language name: Latin
Number of staves: 8
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: often
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 25 (olim H.C.51; = MaiM 69), c. 1520-4, All folios
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