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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choirbook
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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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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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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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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
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
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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often
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
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never
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rarely
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sometimes
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never
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normally
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Colour of text: black
Colour of text: red
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 5
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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