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
chansonnier
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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normally
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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quintuple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
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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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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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Copying of Text
Language
English
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French
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Italian
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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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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 multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (Anglicana)
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textura
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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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
always
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never
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often
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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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
often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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diagrams
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littera notabilior
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Painted initials type: decorated
Copy language name: Latin
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 25 (olim H.C.51; = MaiM 69), c. 1520-4, All folios
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