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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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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occasionally
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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straightedge
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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 single page
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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 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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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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staves not ruled on grid
1
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
dark brown
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
French
1
Latin
4
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
1
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
very high
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Colour of Text
black
4
dark brown
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red
3
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
1
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
sometimes
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Monophonic notation: absent
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Number of staves: 11
Type of notation: void mensural
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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