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 (complete set)
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Material
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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none visible
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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10
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11
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
2
4-part opening
5
4-part single page
3
5-part consecutive
1
5-part opening
3
5-part single page
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
2
none
3
single
5
triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
5
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
2
variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
7
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
1
full mensural
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
2
French
2
German
1
Latin
7
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
7
fully texted with two or more texts
7
fully texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
2
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
3
very high
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Colour of Text
black
7
red
5
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
7
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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