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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
1
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully 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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rotonda
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
2
Borders Size
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
3
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
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Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Cape Town, South Africa, National Library of South Africa, MS Grey 3.b.12, Before 1506, All folios
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