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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Material
parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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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 opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
English
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French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
2
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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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy text: high
Material: parchment (with paper)
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 21, 1521-25, All folios
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