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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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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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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gold
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freehand
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straightedge
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10
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11
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12
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7
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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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 consecutive
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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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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
1
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
dark brown
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gold
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Language
Dutch
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French
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Italian
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Latin
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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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fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
antiqua
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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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gold
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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ornament
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Copy language name: Latin
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Monophonic notation: absent
Multiple texts: no
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Painted initials type: decorated
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Barcelona, Spain, Biblioteca Orfeó Català, MS 5 (olim 12-VI-12), 1490-1510, All folios
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