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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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paper
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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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brown
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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Indentation for Initials
none
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
4
partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
numbers to indicate note lengths
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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decorated
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occasionally
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often
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calligraphic
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normally
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Planned Initials Type
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 31 (olim H.C.30; = MaiM 71), c. 1510, All folios
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