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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music treatise(s) with appended monophony and polyphony
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paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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3-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
4
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
4
other
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
6
staves extended into margin
1
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
blue
1
brown
5
dark brown
5
gold
1
light brown
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
full mensural
2
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
10
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
11
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
1
end symbol
4
pointers
1
repeat signs
8
signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
4
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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German
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Latin
11
Spanish
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
8
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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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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cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
8
dark brown
5
red
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yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
9
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
3
normally
5
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
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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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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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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
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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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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Material: paper
Colour of staves: dark brown
Level of calligraphy music: fair
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Zaragoza, Spain, Iglesia Metropolitana de la Virgen del Pilar, Archivo Musical, Armario C-3, MS 17, 16th century,
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