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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
none
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
1
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
2
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
other
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
1
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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light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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
French
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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
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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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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hybrida
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light 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
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Planned Initials Type
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Presence absence of text: untexted
Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Number of staves: 4
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Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. IX, c. 1520-30, All folios
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