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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Production method
Manuscript
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Printed work
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Physical type
chansonnier
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choirbook
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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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
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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occasionally
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often
5
rarely
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
6
dark brown
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light brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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double rastrum
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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2
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19
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9
13
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3
3
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8
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15
6
19
7
20
8
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9
33
Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
10
2-part consecutive
1
2-part opening
17
2-part single page
6
3-part opening
31
3-part score
1
4-part opening
42
4-part single page
3
5-part opening
30
5-part single page
2
6-part opening
15
7-part opening
1
8-part opening
2
Indentation for Initials
double
43
none
8
quadruple
5
single
36
triple
22
Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
40
none
3
staves not ruled
3
staves not ruled on grid
23
variable space, not on grid
7
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
38
not in dedicated space
5
provided, in dedicated space
4
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
5
made for complete additional staves
17
notation and staves extended into margin
28
notation extended into margin
15
partial additional staves
19
staveline added
7
staves extended into margin
3
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
39
blue
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brown
4
dark brown
2
gold
1
red
4
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
4
full mensural
1
void mensural
43
Monophonic Notation
absent
37
present
9
Level of Calligraphy
fair
5
high
18
n/a
1
very high
19
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
6
custodes
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end symbol
9
repeat signs
10
signa congruentiae
23
signes-de-renvoi
43
space-filler
3
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
3
Flemish
4
French
13
Italian
2
Latin
41
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
3
fully texted with one text
42
fully texted with two or more texts
16
fully texted with two texts
1
partially texted with one or two texts
2
partially texted with one text
3
partially texted with two texts
1
provided with one or two incipits
1
provided with single incipit
9
untexted
11
Type of Script
cursive
3
cursive (Italianate)
1
cursive (bastarda)
31
cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
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display script
26
humanistic
1
rotonda
1
textura
6
various
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
16
n/a
1
poor
1
very high
21
Colour of Text
black
38
blue
1
brown
6
dark brown
2
red
30
Multiple Texts
no
21
yes
24
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
1
never
3
normally
1
rarely
23
Borders Frequency
never
5
occasionally
2
rarely
20
Borders Size
full and partial borders
2
full borders
6
partial borders: one- and two-sided
3
partial borders: one-sided
6
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
never
4
occasionally
4
often
3
rarely
23
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
7
decorated with grotesque heads
7
flourished
1
historiated
3
plain initials
1
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
3
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
27
occasionally
11
often
5
rarely
14
sometimes
3
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
24
calligraphic with decoration
4
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
3
flourished
9
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
13
normally
5
occasionally
2
often
5
rarely
10
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
17
normally
2
occasionally
3
often
3
rarely
2
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
banner
4
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
3
vignette
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Casale Monferrato, Italy, Archivio Capitolare, Fondo Musicale 4 (olim D(F)), , All folios
Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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