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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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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double rastrum
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Number of staves
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Indentation for Initials
double
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not 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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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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staves extended into margin
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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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absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (bastarda)
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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Penned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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littera notabilior
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Indentation for initials: double
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Indentation for initials: none
Number of staves: 11
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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