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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chansonnier
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choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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10-part opening
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2-part opening
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3-part single page
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5-part single page
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of 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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
9
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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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 one or two texts
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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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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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brown
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dark 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
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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always
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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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
always
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normally
1
often
2
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
diagrams
1
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: black
Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
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Montecassino, Italy, Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, MS 871, late 15th century, pp. 247-434
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