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
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Material
paper
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Format
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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5-part consecutive
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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triple
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empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled
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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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provided, 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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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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fully texted with one or two texts
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display script
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textura
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark red
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green
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Monophonic notation: absent
Level of calligraphy text: high
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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