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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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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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 consecutive
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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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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
4
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
5
Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
4
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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Flemish
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French
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Spanish
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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 or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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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 (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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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
never
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Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
1
occasionally
2
rarely
3
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
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sometimes
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Copy language name: n/a
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Type of notation: void mensural
Non verbal performance instructions: pointers
Multiple texts: yes
Physical format: upright
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Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. IV, c. 1520-30, All folios
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