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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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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12
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6
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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 between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
1
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
4
blue
1
brown
5
gold
1
Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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none
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
6
German
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Italian
4
Latin
6
Spanish
1
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one or two texts
2
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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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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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
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
2
rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
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often
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Other Decoration Type
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Mus. ant. theor. 30, Early 16th century, i-ii
Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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