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) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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straightedge
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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staves not ruled 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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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
5
other
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partial additional staves
6
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
7
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
1
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
7
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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7
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fully texted with one or two texts
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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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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
6
dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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rarely
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sometimes
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Material: paper
Physical format: upright
Pricking frequency: none visible
Separate text: not in dedicated space
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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