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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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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11
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12
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5
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6
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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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 opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
blue
1
brown
1
dark brown
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gold
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
2
provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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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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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
1
flourished
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historiated
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Material: paper
Monophonic notation: absent
Penned initials frequency: rarely
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Type of notation: void mensural
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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