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 (fragment(s))
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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single leaf
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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7
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9
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1-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
10
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
7
other
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
6
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
none
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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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 one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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plain initials
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normally
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often
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normally
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occasionally
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sometimes
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littera notabilior
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Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Extra space: none
Colour of notation: brown
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
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