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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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Format
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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
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
5
partial additional staves
4
staveline added
1
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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light brown
1
Type of Notation
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
8
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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4
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provided with one or two incipits
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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
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Frequency
always
1
rarely
3
Borders Size
full borders
2
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
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decorated
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flourished
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often
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calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
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often
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Zaragoza, Spain, Iglesia Metropolitana de la Virgen del Pilar, Archivo Musical, Armario C-3, MS 17, 16th century,
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