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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choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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normally
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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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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no separate text
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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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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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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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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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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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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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calligraphic
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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