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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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
always
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never
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normally
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quintuple
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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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staves not ruled 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
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with multiple incipits
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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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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
2
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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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
4
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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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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flourished
3
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
2
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 9
Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Painted initials type: decorated
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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