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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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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
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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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
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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none
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repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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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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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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very poor
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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littera notabilior
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
often
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Material: paper
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
Production method: Manuscript
Ruling medium: straightedge
Type of notation: void mensural
Type of script: cursive
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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