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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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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quadruple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
void mensural
10
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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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
6
cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
rarely
10
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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Colour of text: blue
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Penned initials frequency: normally
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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