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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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
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Pricking
none visible
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normally
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Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quintuple
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empty ruled staves on grid
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
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
full mensural
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void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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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
1
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
partially texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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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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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
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
full and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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never
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occasionally
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Number of staves: 9
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Production method: Manuscript
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 17 (olim 148), 1490-1500, All folios
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