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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (fragment)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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bound upright but prepared oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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left between voice parts as part of 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
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
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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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Spanish
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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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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (humanistic)
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textura
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reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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normally
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Egerton 3051, c. 1500, All folios
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