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
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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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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never
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none visible
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often
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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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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2-part opening
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2-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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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
8
staves not ruled on grid
12
variable space, not on grid
5
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
red
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
12
Monophonic Notation
absent
12
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
5
very high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
7
signes-de-renvoi
10
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
1
French
2
Latin
11
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
5
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
8
display script
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textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
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very high
6
Colour of Text
black
12
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: one-sided
4
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
3
occasionally
2
rarely
5
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
6
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Locations part of: Italy
Monophonic notation: absent
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Separate text: not in dedicated space
Type of notation: full mensural
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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