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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choirbook (fragment)
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Material
parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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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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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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antiqua
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
4
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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ornament
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Level of calligraphy text: poor
Number of staves: 8
Physical format: upright
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Type of script: hybrida
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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