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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partbook (single)
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tablebook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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freehand
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Number of staves
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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staves extended into margin
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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
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Italian
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
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 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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Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Ruling medium: double rastrum
Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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