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 (single quire(s))
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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
oblong
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upright
15
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
2
none visible
18
Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
12
brown
6
dark brown
1
red
1
Ruling Medium
freehand
2
single rastrum
15
straightedge
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Number of staves
1
1
10
5
11
2
12
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13
2
2
5
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6
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7
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10
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7
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8
9
5
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
2
2-part consecutive
2
2-part opening
18
2-part single page
9
3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
13
3-part single page
6
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
15
4-part single page
4
5-part opening
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6-part opening
3
7-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
4
none
11
single
9
triple
2
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
none
4
staves not ruled on grid
4
variable space, not on grid
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
6
notation and staves extended into margin
9
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
5
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
18
brown
2
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
2
void mensural
18
Monophonic Notation
absent
14
present
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
10
high
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poor
1
very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
3
none
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pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
8
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
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Dutch
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French
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German
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Italian
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Latin
18
Spanish
2
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
1
fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
16
fully texted with two or more texts
2
fully texted with two texts
2
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
antiqua
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cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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hybrida
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textura
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
5
poor
1
very poor
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Colour of Text
black
18
brown
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red
2
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
5
often
3
rarely
2
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
2
littera notabilior
4
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Pricking frequency: none visible
Type of notation: void mensural
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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