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 (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
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partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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12
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13
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2
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3
3
4
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5
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6
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8
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9
3
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
5
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
1
2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
2
3-part opening
3
3-part single page
3
4-part consecutive
2
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
2
5-part opening
4
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
none
6
single
4
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
3
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
8
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
none
1
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
1
other
2
partial additional staves
5
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
5
dark brown
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
poor
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
2
pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
1
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
1
French
5
German
4
Italian
2
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
7
partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
8
untexted
6
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
4
cursive (German)
4
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
1
poor
4
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
6
Multiple Texts
no
6
yes
3
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
rarely
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
1
often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Extra space: none
Colour of staves: brown
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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