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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Material
paper
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
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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
black
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Number of staves
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17
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5
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part score
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3-part consecutive
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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6-part opening
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7-part consecutive
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8-part consecutive
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9-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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double
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quintuple
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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5
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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black
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chant (square)
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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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
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
3
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
4
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
2
decorative final long
5
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Indentation for initials: single
Separate text: not in dedicated space
Level of calligraphy music: high
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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