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
chansonnier
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choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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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
always
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n/a
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never
3
none visible
5
normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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printed staves
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single rastrum
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straightedge
9
Number of staves
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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4
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6
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9
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7
7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
5
2-part single page
1
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
6
3-part single page
4
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
1
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
3
6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
5
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
3
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
brown
1
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
4
poor
1
very high
1
very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
none
1
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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English
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French
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German
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Italian
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Latin
8
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
8
partially texted with one text
1
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (Anglicana)
3
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
4
poor
1
very high
1
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
9
blue
1
brown
2
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
1
Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
3
flourished
3
historiated
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
3
diagrams
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Disposition of voice part: 5-part single page
Material: parchment
Non verbal performance instructions: coronae
Number of staves: 11
Physical format: upright
Type of notation: void mensural
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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