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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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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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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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
5
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
4
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
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
2
none
1
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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German
2
Italian
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Latin
6
Spanish
1
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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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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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
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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roman
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
2
brown
6
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
5
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
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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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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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Planned Initials Type
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sometimes
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Colour of notation: brown
Copy language name: Latin
Penned initials frequency: rarely
Physical type: choirbook
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
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