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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Material
parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and 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
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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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 or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
4
Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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sometimes
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Level of calligraphy music: high
Level of calligraphy text: high
Material: parchment
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: always
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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