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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choirbook
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Material
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parchment
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Format
upright
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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
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Other Decoration Frequency
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often
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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littera notabilior
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 25 (olim H.C.51; = MaiM 69), c. 1520-4, All folios
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