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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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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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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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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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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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
1
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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red
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Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
4
textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
5
blue
1
brown
1
red
4
Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
5
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
5
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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never
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normally
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rarely
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Borders frequency: never
Level of calligraphy text: poor
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Penned initials frequency: sometimes
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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