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
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
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single
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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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
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
4
other
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partial additional staves
5
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
8
blue
1
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7
dark brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
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not specified
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void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
1
none
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repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
2
signes-de-renvoi
3
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
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English
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Flemish
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Latin
6
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
3
provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
6
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
2
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
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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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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Cambrai, France, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 18 (20), c. 1520, All folios
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