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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Material
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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normally
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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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
3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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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
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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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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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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
2
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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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
French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
1
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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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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Borders frequency: rarely
Level of calligraphy music: very high
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Painted initials type: decorated
Penned initials frequency: rarely
Physical type: choirbook
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 230 (olim Magliabechi XIX.141), c. 1500-1513, before 1515, All folios
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