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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choirbook
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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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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quadruple
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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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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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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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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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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
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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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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flourished
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plain initials
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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occasionally
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy music: high
Miniatures frequency: rarely
Separate text: no separate text
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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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