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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
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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often
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rarely
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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
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Number of staves
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13
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14
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17
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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
10
3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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8-part consecutive
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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none
8
single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
11
none
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
12
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
5
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
brown
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dark brown
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gold
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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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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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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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
10
fully texted with two or more texts
3
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
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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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
4
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
1
embellished final barline
1
littera notabilior
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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