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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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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normally
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Number of staves
10
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5
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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 score
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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3-part single page
9
4-part opening
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4-part score
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
5
single
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
12
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
7
notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
9
other
2
partial additional staves
9
staveline added
7
staves extended into margin
5
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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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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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
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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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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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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
often
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sometimes
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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
always
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normally
3
occasionally
1
often
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rarely
4
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
5
end-symbol
4
littera notabilior
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 11239, c. 1500, All folios
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