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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Production method
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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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
10-part opening
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19-part opening
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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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5-part consecutive
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6-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
none
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quintuple
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triple
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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rarely
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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rarely
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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