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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Physical type
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Material
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parchment
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Format
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
10
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part opening
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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gold
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (italic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
often
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
2
sometimes
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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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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy text: high
Material exact%3apaper
Other decoration frequency: normally
Other decoration type: decorative final long
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 230 (olim Magliabechi XIX.141), c. 1500-1513, before 1515, All folios
Madrid, Spain, Palacio Real, Biblioteca, MS II/1335, c. 1505-20, All folios
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