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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chansonnier
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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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normally
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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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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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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quadruple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled 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
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
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
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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
end symbol
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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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Copying of Text
Language
English
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Flemish
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French
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Spanish
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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 text
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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hybrida
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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
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
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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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flourished
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Other decoration frequency: never
Presence absence of text: untexted
Type of notation: void mensural
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 36 (olim H.C.44; = MaiM 61), c. 1515-31, All folios
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