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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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled 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
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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
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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signes-de-renvoi
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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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provided with one or two incipits
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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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decorated
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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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
always
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never
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normally
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Other Decoration Frequency
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normally
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sometimes
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decorated letters
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Colour of staves: brown
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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