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
parchment
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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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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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5
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6
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
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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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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
2
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
very high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
2
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
1
textura
2
Level of Calligraphy
very high
4
Colour of Text
black
4
red
1
Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic
1
decorated
1
flourished
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historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Separate text: not in dedicated space
Level of calligraphy music: very high
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
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Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. IV, c. 1520-30, All folios
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