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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partbook (single)
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partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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printed staves
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part score
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on 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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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
2
dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
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void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
English
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
2
Type of Script
cursive
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
6
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
5
brown
2
dark brown
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red
2
Multiple Texts
no
4
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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Penned Initials Type
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Planned Initials Type
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occasionally
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often
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Physical format: oblong
Type of script: cursive
Pricking frequency: never
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
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