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
parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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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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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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5
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7
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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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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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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
3
triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
1
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
red
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Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
2
space-filler
1
Copying of Text
Language
French
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Italian
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
1
Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
2
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
2
blue
1
brown
1
grey
1
red
3
Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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