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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choirbook
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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n/a
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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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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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
n/a
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very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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cursive
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display script
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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n/a
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
2
yes
2
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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signa congruentiae
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Barcelona, Spain, Biblioteca de Catalunya, M. 251 (olim 250), c. 1490, 137v-139r, 140v-143r
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