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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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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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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
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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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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often
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rarely
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Separate text: not in dedicated space
Type of notation: void mensural
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.M.1.12 (Lat. 455; olim V.H.9), 1481, All folios
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