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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Physical type
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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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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normally
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occasionally
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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
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
4
2-part opening
6
2-part single page
5
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
10
3-part score
1
3-part single page
3
4-part opening
11
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
7
5-part single page
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6-part opening
2
8-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
11
left below voice parts as part of grid
1
none
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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
6
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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11
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
11
other
1
partial additional staves
7
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
brown
3
dark brown
2
red
2
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
4
strene notation
1
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
5
very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
2
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
11
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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French
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Latin
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Spanish
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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
11
fully texted with two or more texts
4
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
4
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
6
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
2
cursive (bastarda)
6
display script
5
hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
high
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
8
brown
4
dark brown
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red
8
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
10
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
4
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
4
occasionally
1
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
3
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
3
plain initials
2
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
2
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
2
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
normally
1
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Indentation for initials: single
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
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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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