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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Material
paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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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 score
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part score
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below 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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Indentation for initials filled in
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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
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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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brown
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dark brown
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red
3
reddish brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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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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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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Latin
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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
2
provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
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poor
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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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reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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trompe l'oeil
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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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decorated
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
rarely
4
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
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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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