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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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5
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
6
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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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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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
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provided with multiple incipits
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hybrida
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textura
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various
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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
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blue
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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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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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
4
embellished final barline
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littera notabilior
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Physical type: choirbook
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Penned initials type: flourished
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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