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
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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4-part opening
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4-part score
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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none
2
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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
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
5
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
4
notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
4
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
1
poor
1
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
4
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
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partially texted with one or two texts
1
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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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
2
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Borders size: partial borders: two-sided
Colour of staves: brown
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Number of staves: 13
Number of staves: 7
Physical format: upright
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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