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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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
never
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none visible
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normally
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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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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
1
3-part opening
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3-part score
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3-part single page
3
4-part opening
10
4-part single page
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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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Indentation for Initials
double
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quintuple
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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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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
9
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Indentation for initials filled in
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7
notation and staves extended into margin
11
notation extended into margin
8
other
1
partial additional staves
6
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
4
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
8
dark brown
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light brown
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red
3
Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
1
strene notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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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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space-filler
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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
3
partially texted with one or two texts
6
partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
7
provided with single incipit
8
provided with two incipits
2
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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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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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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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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light 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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rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
5
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
often
1
rarely
7
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Number of staves: 7
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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