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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choirbook (fragment(s))
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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partbook (fragment(s))
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (complete set)
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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parchment
2
Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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n/a
1
never
8
none visible
21
normally
1
occasionally
1
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
15
dark brown
7
light brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
3
printed staves
4
single rastrum
18
straightedge
5
triple rastrum
7
Number of staves
1
1
10
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11
2
12
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13
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2
5
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12
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8
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
6
2-part score
1
2-part single page
7
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
8
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
6
5-part opening
5
8-part opening
1
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
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none
18
single
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varies
3
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
22
left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
2
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
19
not in dedicated space
13
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
13
notation and staves extended into margin
22
notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
12
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
5
light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
1
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
4
full mensural
3
void mensural
31
Monophonic Notation
absent
27
present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
33
poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
10
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
26
fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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2
partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two or more texts
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provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
26
high
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poor
2
Colour of Text
black
18
blue
3
brown
17
dark brown
6
light brown
1
red
9
Multiple Texts
no
16
yes
19
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
historiated
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
6
never
1
normally
10
occasionally
2
often
3
rarely
4
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
12
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
4
plain initials
13
Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
3
decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy music: fair
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.M.1.2 (Lat. 457; olim VI.H.I), c. 1505, All folios
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