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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choirbook
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves 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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Adhoc Adaptation
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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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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chant (square)
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full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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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
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provided with single incipit
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textura
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
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zoomorphic initial
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always
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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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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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
1
often
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 4
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
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