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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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Indentation for Initials
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
left between voice parts as part of 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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Adhoc Adaptation
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 (Central European)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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fully texted with one or two texts
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display script
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textura
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black
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blue
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brown
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dark red
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green
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: blue
Colour of text: red
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 7
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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