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
chansonnier
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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normally
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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6-part consecutive
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6-part opening
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7-part consecutive
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8-part consecutive
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8-part opening
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9-part consecutive
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9-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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double
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none
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quadruple
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quintuple
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single
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triple
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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
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
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dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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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
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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often
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Colour of staves: reddish brown
Penned initials type: plain initials
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Perugia, Italy, Biblioteca Comunale Augusta, MS 431 (G.20), 1480-90, All folios
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