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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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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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 score
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2-part single page
7
3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
11
3-part score
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11
4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
10
4-part score
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4-part single page
8
5-part opening
5
Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
none
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
8
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
7
other
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partial additional staves
4
staveline added
2
staves extended into margin
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
8
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
3
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
pointers
2
repeat signs
7
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
8
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Language
Dutch
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10
Italian
11
Latin
11
Spanish
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
9
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
3
partially texted with one text
7
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
9
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
8
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (bastarda)
2
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
2
poor
2
Colour of Text
black
4
blue
1
brown
8
dark brown
2
red
2
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
7
often
1
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
3
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
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Copy language name: Italian
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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