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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
oblong
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upright
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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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none visible
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normally
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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
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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15
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16
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17
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5
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6
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7
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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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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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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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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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
4
other
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
2
dark brown
3
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
3
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
1
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
2
untexted
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Type of Script
antiqua
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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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humanistic
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
5
blue
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brown
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dark brown
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red
3
Multiple Texts
no
7
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
rarely
1
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
flourished
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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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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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
10
embellished final barline
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ornament
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Colour of text: black
Borders frequency: often
Penned initials type: calligraphic
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 1 (olim H.C. 59; = MaiM 7), c. 1510-after 1523, All folios
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