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
choirbook
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paper
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paper (with parchment)
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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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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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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Copying of Text
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fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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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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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Guide letters only
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Colour of text: reddish brown
Indentation for initials: none
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Material: paper
Pricking frequency: never
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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