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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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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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
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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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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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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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
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
often
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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often
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: light brown
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Painted initials type: decorated
Presence absence of text: fully texted with two texts
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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