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 and paper (mixed)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
black
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part score
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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5-part single page
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6-part opening
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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none
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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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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
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coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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display script
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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light brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
3
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
4
occasionally
1
rarely
5
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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rarely
4
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Number of staves: 6
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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