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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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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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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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triple
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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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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
dark brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
3
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
2
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one text
6
fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
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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very 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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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
3
often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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littera notabilior
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Monophonic notation: absent
Pricking frequency: none visible
Colour of notation: black
Penned initials frequency: rarely
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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