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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chansonnier
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choirbook
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
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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rarely
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Colour of Staves
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1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
12
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
3
4-part opening
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5
5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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4
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Indentation for Initials
double
12
none
5
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20
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
19
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
2
staves not ruled
2
staves not ruled on grid
10
variable space, not on grid
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
13
not in dedicated space
7
provided, in dedicated space
6
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made for complete additional staves
10
notation and staves extended into margin
15
notation extended into margin
8
other
1
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10
staveline added
4
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
17
brown
7
light brown
1
red
2
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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chant (square)
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full mensural
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21
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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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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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with two or more texts
6
fully texted with two texts
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5
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 (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
15
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
10
Borders Frequency
never
3
occasionally
1
rarely
11
Borders Size
full borders
4
partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
6
Painted Initials Frequency
always
3
never
2
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
11
Painted Initials Type
decorated
8
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
1
historiated
2
plain initials
3
zoomorphic initial
2
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
11
occasionally
3
often
3
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
4
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
1
Planned Initials Frequency
never
4
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
8
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
7
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
2
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
3
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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