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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Material
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part score
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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3
provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
9
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
9
dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
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strene notation
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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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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
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rarely
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sometimes
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flourished
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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