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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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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empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled
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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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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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none
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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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dark brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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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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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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pointers
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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
Language
French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
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
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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cursive
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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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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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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often
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Other Decoration Frequency
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never
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: red
Level of calligraphy text: high
Production method: Manuscript
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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