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
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Indentation for Initials
double
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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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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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Indentation for initials: single
Level of calligraphy text: high
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
Type of script: display script
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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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