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
paper
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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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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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6-part consecutive
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6-part opening
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7-part consecutive
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8-part consecutive
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8-part opening
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9-part consecutive
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9-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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double
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none
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single
4
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
5
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
dark brown
2
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
3
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
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Italian
1
Latin
5
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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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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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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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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often
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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ornament
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Other decoration frequency: occasionally
Adhoc adaptation: Indentation for initials filled in
Physical type: choirbook
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 36 (olim H.C.44; = MaiM 61), c. 1515-31, All folios
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