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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choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
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parchment
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upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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light brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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6
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7
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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4-part consecutive
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves 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
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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
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
4
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Flemish
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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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
2
fully texted with two texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
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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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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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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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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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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signa congruentiae
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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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