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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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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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
double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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4-part single page
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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
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
3
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
5
Type of Notation
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
9
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
11
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
3
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark red
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green
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
8
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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always
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normally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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embellished final barline
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Separate text: no separate text
Physical type: choirbook
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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