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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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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empty ruled staves on grid
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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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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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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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Level of Calligraphy
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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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Latin
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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textura
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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plain initials
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occasionally
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occasionally
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often
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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