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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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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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
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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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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3-part score
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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none
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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none
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staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
10
provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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8
notation and staves extended into margin
17
notation extended into margin
16
other
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partial additional staves
11
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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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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Monophonic Notation
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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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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
5
provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive
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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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hybrida
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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dark brown
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light brown
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red
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reddish brown
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
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normally
3
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
flourished
1
historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
7
occasionally
4
often
2
rarely
8
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
9
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
historiated
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
5
often
2
rarely
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sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Type of notation: void mensural
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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