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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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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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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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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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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provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
blue
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dark brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
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
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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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pointers
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repeat signs
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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 or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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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 (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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light brown
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red
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reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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rarely
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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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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Colour of notation: dark brown
Type of notation: void mensural
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Physical format: oblong
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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