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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Physical type
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Format
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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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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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10-part opening
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19-part opening
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
3
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
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3-part score
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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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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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quintuple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
1
left between voice parts as part of 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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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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7
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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red
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reddish brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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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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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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cue notes
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end symbol
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none
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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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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space-filler
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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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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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red
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reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
3
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
historiated
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plain initials
2
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
4
occasionally
3
often
3
rarely
6
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
9
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
4
plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: brown
Penned initials type: plain initials
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal Appendix 58, c. 1515-40, All folios
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