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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Printed work
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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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printed treatise with added 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
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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upright
14
Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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n/a
7
never
6
none visible
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normally
1
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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reddish brown
1
Ruling Medium
double rastrum
2
freehand
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single rastrum
10
straightedge
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
10
5
11
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12
3
13
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2
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3
2
4
5
5
4
6
13
7
7
8
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9
4
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
10
2-part opening
2
2-part single page
7
3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
14
3-part score
1
3-part single page
7
4-part consecutive
1
4-part opening
15
4-part single page
11
5-part opening
6
5-part single page
3
6-part opening
2
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
5
none
7
single
18
varies
1
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
13
left below voice parts as part of grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
2
none
5
staves not ruled
1
staves not ruled on grid
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
8
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
6
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
13
notation extended into margin
9
other
2
partial additional staves
10
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
13
brown
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dark brown
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red
1
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
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strene notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
20
present
3
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
4
n/a
7
poor
3
very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
11
custodes
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end symbol
4
none
1
pointers
2
repeat signs
10
signa congruentiae
14
signes-de-renvoi
9
Copying of Text
Language
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French
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German
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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 and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
9
fully texted with one text
18
fully texted with two or more texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
5
partially texted with one text
16
partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
22
provided with single incipit
12
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
14
varies
1
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
3
cursive (bastarda)
3
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
2
display script
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hybrida
4
roman
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rotonda
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
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n/a
7
poor
6
very high
1
Colour of Text
black
11
blue
1
brown
11
dark brown
3
red
4
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
14
yes
10
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
4
Borders Frequency
never
3
often
1
rarely
2
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
flourished
2
plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
5
occasionally
3
often
2
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
2
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
2
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 230 (olim Magliabechi XIX.141), c. 1500-1513, before 1515, All folios
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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