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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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
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parchment
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Format
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Size (height in mm)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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void mensural
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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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Planned Initials Type
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Voice-names
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.178, c. 1492-1494, All folios
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