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 (fragment(s))
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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poetry collection with some notated music
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
10
parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
oblong
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upright
9
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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n/a
1
never
4
none visible
5
normally
1
occasionally
1
sometimes
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
9
brown
3
red
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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printed staves
1
single rastrum
7
straightedge
4
Number of staves
1
1
10
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8
3
8
4
9
5
12
6
8
7
7
8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part consecutive
3
2-part opening
4
2-part single page
2
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
5
4-part opening
6
4-part single page
1
5-part opening
4
6-part opening
1
Indentation for Initials
double
1
none
5
single
9
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
4
none
2
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
6
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
8
provided, in dedicated space
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
2
other
1
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
brown
3
red
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
12
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
2
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
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English
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French
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German
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Italian
2
Latin
11
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
11
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
1
untexted
5
Type of Script
cursive
2
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
1
cursive (humanistic)
2
cursive (italic)
1
display script
3
textura
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
10
high
3
Colour of Text
black
11
brown
6
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
flourished
2
plain initials
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
1
often
2
rarely
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
3
often
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
2
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Number of staves: 5
Colour of notation: black
Level of calligraphy music: fair
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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