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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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 of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
light brown
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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4-part consecutive
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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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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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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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
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
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 single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
brown
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Multiple Texts
no
3
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
full borders
1
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
1
rarely
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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sometimes
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Colour of staves: light brown
Colour of text: brown
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 17 (olim 148), 1490-1500, All folios
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