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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tablebook
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Material
paper
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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single rastrum
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4-part single page
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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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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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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 one or two incipits
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cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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plain initials
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Guide letters only
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Material: paper
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 6
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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