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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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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10-part opening
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12-part opening
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19-part opening
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2-part consecutive
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part consecutive
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Indentation for Initials
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quadruple
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triple
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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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variable space, not 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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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
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black
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chant (Gothic)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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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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numbers to indicate note lengths
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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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Presence or Absence of Text
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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 one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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blue
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dark 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
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
5
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
historiated
3
trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
9
occasionally
4
often
3
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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decorated 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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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: brown
Copy language name: Latin
Painted initials type: decorated
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
Pricking frequency: none visible
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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