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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Material
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parchment
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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
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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
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
antiqua
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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Colour of Text
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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
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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ornament
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Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2439, c. 1505-10, All folios
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