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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choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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partbook (fragment)
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partbook (single)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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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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printed staves
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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6
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7
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1-part single page
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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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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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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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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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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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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
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
8
other
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partial additional staves
8
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
blue
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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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
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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14
fully texted with two texts
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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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varies
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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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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blue
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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
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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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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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
1
rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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occasionally
2
often
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rarely
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Type of script: cursive
Type of notation: void mensural
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 38 (olim H.C.47; = MaiM 59), c. 1510-31, All folios
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