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
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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
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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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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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Monophonic Notation
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
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French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
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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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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black
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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normally
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 2245, c. 1490-8, All folios
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