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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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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
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on 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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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
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
cue notes
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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 text
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Type of Script
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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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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sometimes
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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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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Type
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often
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorated letters
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embellished final barline
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Indentation for initials: double
Number of staves: 2
Penned initials frequency: sometimes
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
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