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
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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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notation 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
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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 one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
2
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 (bastarda)
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display script
3
hybrida
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textura
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
5
Colour of Text
black
5
red
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Copy language name: Latin
Disposition of voice part: 4-part single page
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 2
Number of staves: 8
Type of notation: void mensural
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Segovia, Spain, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, MS s.s., c. 1498-1515, All folios
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