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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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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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1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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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
5
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Indentation for initials filled in
1
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4
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
6
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
10
brown
5
red
2
Type of Notation
void mensural
15
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
2
high
7
very high
8
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
2
pointers
2
repeat signs
7
signa congruentiae
8
signes-de-renvoi
11
space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
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14
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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 text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with multiple 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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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
9
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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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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historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
9
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
2
flourished
3
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
4
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
2
decorated letters
1
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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