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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Printed work
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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n/a
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never
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none visible
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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double rastrum
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freehand
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quadruple rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
8
2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
20
3-part single page
11
4-part opening
22
4-part single page
22
5-part opening
15
5-part single page
1
6-part opening
5
n/a
1
Indentation for Initials
double
6
none
12
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13
triple
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
17
left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
3
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staves not ruled on 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
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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8
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
black
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gold
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reddish brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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n/a
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very high
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coronae
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end symbol
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none
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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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Presence or Absence of Text
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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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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untexted
11
varies
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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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humanistic
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hybrida
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roman
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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n/a
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
13
brown
9
dark brown
4
gold
1
red
4
reddish brown
1
Multiple Texts
no
13
yes
13
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
4
rarely
4
Borders Frequency
never
5
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
3
never
1
normally
9
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
13
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
1
flourished
4
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
3
occasionally
5
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
4
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
3
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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signes-de-renvoi
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Canti B, Venice, Italy, 1501–1502, , "die 5 Februarij Salutis anno 1501", 56
Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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