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 (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
7
notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
5
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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Type of Notation
chant (square)
3
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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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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 one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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humanistic
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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
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Borders Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of staves: dark brown
Indentation for initials: single
Level of calligraphy text: high
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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