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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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
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parchment
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Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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3-part single page
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4-part score
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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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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
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
4
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
7
Type of Notation
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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French
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Italian
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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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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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hybrida
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textura
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Type of notation: void mensural
Monophonic notation: absent
Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Colour of notation: brown
Separate text: not in dedicated space
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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