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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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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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none visible
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normally
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often
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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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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6-part opening
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7-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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
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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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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
3
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
8
poor
1
very high
3
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
8
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
12
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
4
fully texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very poor
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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dark red
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green
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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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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
2
occasionally
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rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorated letters
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Ruling medium: single rastrum
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Number of staves: 9
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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