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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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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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
none visible
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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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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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
2
other
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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light brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
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n/a
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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
2
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
5
partially texted with one text
4
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
4
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
1
cursive (bastarda)
3
hybrida
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
poor
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Colour of Text
blue
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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red
2
Multiple Texts
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
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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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 8-part opening
Number of staves: 13
Painted initials type: decorated
Painted initials type: zoomorphic initial
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Barcelona, Spain, Biblioteca de Catalunya, M. 681 (=PedC 386), c. 1525-1550, All folios
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