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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choirbook
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paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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n/a
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Colour of Staves
black
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
2
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
5
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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chant (square)
1
full mensural
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void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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brown
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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calligraphic with decoration
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: brown
Number of staves: 5
Pricking frequency: never
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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