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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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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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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Format
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Size (height in mm)
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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reddish brown
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freehand
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quadruple rastrum
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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6
11
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4
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6
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7
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 score
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
13
3-part score
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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4-part score
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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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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
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
2
made for complete additional staves
10
notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
8
other
2
partial additional staves
10
staveline added
7
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
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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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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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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space-filler
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Italian
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Latin
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Spanish
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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
fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
4
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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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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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
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
decorated
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flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
4
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
5
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
2
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Separate text: not in dedicated space
Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
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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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