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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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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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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves 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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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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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poor
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very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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dark brown
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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
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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Penned Initials Type
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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embellished final barline
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Monophonic notation: absent
Other decoration type: decorated letters
Production method: Manuscript
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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