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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Material
paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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occasionally
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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Number of staves
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empty ruled staves on grid
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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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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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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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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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cue notes
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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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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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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Planned 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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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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Colour of notation: brown
Multiple texts: no
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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