PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
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Manuscript
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Printed work
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chant book with polyphony
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choirbook
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choirbook (fragment)
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monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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printed treatise with added polyphony
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single leaf
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paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Pricking
always
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n/a
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never
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none visible
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normally
4
occasionally
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often
6
rarely
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13
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13
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25
6
37
7
30
8
44
9
46
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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19
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17
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5-part opening
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8-part opening
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varies
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
14
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no separate text
75
not in dedicated space
24
provided, in dedicated space
16
Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
8
made for complete additional staves
34
none
2
notation and staves extended into margin
66
notation extended into margin
34
other
5
partial additional staves
39
staveline added
15
staves extended into margin
6
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
75
blue
1
brown
27
dark brown
9
gold
2
light brown
3
red
5
reddish brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
1
chant (square)
7
full mensural
7
strene notation
1
void mensural
101
Monophonic Notation
absent
84
present
24
Level of Calligraphy
fair
40
high
34
n/a
5
poor
6
very high
25
very poor
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
15
cue notes
1
custodes
1
end symbol
15
none
3
pointers
6
repeat signs
25
signa congruentiae
44
signes-de-renvoi
59
space-filler
4
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Language
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4
Dutch
7
English
1
Flemish
5
French
32
German
10
Italian
12
Latin
96
Spanish
4
n/a
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
2
fully texted with one or two texts
16
fully texted with one text
103
fully texted with two or more texts
19
fully texted with two texts
7
partially texted with one or two texts
6
partially texted with one text
21
partially texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
1
provided with one or two incipits
14
provided with single incipit
37
provided with two incipits
3
untexted
34
varies
1
Type of Script
antiqua
2
cursive
13
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (German)
12
cursive (Italianate)
1
cursive (bastarda)
36
cursive (humanistic)
5
cursive (italic)
6
display script
30
humanistic
1
hybrida
6
roman
2
rotonda
6
textura
26
various
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
36
high
41
n/a
5
poor
9
very high
26
very poor
1
Colour of Text
black
71
blue
2
brown
32
dark brown
9
gold
2
light brown
2
red
40
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
60
yes
53
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
2
never
13
none visible
1
normally
1
rarely
34
sometimes
1
Borders Frequency
always
2
never
14
occasionally
2
rarely
28
sometimes
1
Borders Size
full and partial borders
2
full borders
7
partial borders: one- and two-sided
4
partial borders: one-sided
8
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two- and three-sided
2
partial borders: two-sided
8
Painted Initials Frequency
always
4
never
5
normally
5
occasionally
6
often
5
rarely
23
sometimes
5
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic
1
calligraphic with decoration
3
decorated
17
decorated with grotesque heads
8
flourished
6
historiated
3
plain initials
3
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
3
Penned Initials Frequency
always
7
never
2
normally
48
occasionally
18
often
12
rarely
21
sometimes
9
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
51
calligraphic with decoration
18
calligraphic with grotesque heads
15
decorated
5
decorated with grotesque heads
3
flourished
17
historiated
1
littera notabilior
5
plain initials
16
zoomorphic initial
1
Planned Initials Frequency
always
4
never
12
normally
10
occasionally
8
often
11
rarely
18
sometimes
5
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
always
2
never
18
normally
7
occasionally
8
often
8
rarely
9
sometimes
6
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
banner
2
decorated letters
4
decorative final long
12
diagrams
1
embellished final barline
4
end-symbol
4
littera notabilior
11
signes-de-renvoi
1
vignette
1
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
Cambridge, Great Britain, Magdalene College, MS Pepys 1760, c. 1509-c. 1514, All folios
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