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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Physical type
choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbooks (complete set)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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triple
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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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variable space, not 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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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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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
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Czech
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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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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Colour of text: dark brown
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Multiple texts: no
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Ruling medium: double rastrum
Type of notation: void mensural
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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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