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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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
2
none visible
1
normally
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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
double rastrum
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freehand
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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7
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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 score
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
2
5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
5
5-part single page
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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quadruple
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single
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triple
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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
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none
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staves not ruled on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
3
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
4
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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red
1
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
strene notation
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
1
very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
3
custodes
1
end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
Czech
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English
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Latin
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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
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fully texted with two or more texts
3
partially texted with one or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
2
provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
3
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
display script
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
very high
2
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
2
dark brown
1
red
4
reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
no
1
yes
5
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
2
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
often
1
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
1
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 5-part single page
Indentation for initials: single
Type of notation: void mensural
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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