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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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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normally
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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6
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part single page
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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 single page
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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
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
blue
1
brown
3
gold
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
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German
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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
3
fully texted with one text
4
partially texted with one or two texts
4
partially texted with one text
3
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
4
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
4
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
1
cursive (italic)
1
display script
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hybrida
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
1
brown
4
dark brown
1
red
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
2
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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often
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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