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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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
left below voice parts as part of 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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not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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light brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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Copying of Text
Language
German
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Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
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display script
3
textura
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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light brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: red
Colour of text: black
Indentation for initials: double
Presence absence of text: fully texted with two or more texts
Pricking frequency: often
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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