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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choirbook
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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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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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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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
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
occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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never
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Colour of text: red
Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Indentation for initials: single
Painted initials type: decorated
Penned initials frequency: normally
Type of notation: void mensural
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 337 (olim Palatino 1178), c. 1520, All folios
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