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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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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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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Indentation for Initials
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
3
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
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
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pointers
4
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
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Dutch
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n/a
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
3
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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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
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
1
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 5-part single page
Locations name: England
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Number of staves: 6
Number of staves: 8
Pricking frequency: normally
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 d, First quarter of the 16th century, All folios
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