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
chansonnier
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choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbook (fragment)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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n/a
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never
5
none visible
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normally
1
occasionally
1
often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
freehand
3
printed staves
1
single rastrum
7
straightedge
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Number of staves
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4
10
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12
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8
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8
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8
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10
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7
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
7
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
4
2-part score
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2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
8
3-part single page
4
4-part opening
9
4-part single page
2
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
4
quadruple
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single
10
triple
2
varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
9
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
2
other
2
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
11
blue
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brown
4
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
7
high
3
poor
2
very high
2
very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
1
none
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repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
7
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
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Dutch
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English
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Flemish
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French
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German
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
12
fully texted with two or more texts
5
fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
2
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
3
very high
2
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
11
brown
4
dark brown
2
red
7
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
3
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
3
rarely
1
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
4
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
3
flourished
2
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
3
littera notabilior
3
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
1
diagrams
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 5
Copy language name: Latin
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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