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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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (fragment)
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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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
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
4
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
2
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
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dark brown
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red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
5
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
pointers
1
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
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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 or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with 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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varies
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Type of Script
antiqua
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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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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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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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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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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
1
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
often
1
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
9
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
6
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
4
ornament
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Material exact%3apaper
Number of staves: 10
Other decoration frequency: sometimes
Production method: Manuscript
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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