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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Production method
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
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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11
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empty ruled staves 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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
2
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
3
provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
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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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
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Other Decoration Frequency
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 5
Number of staves: 7
Painted initials type: decorated
Type of script: textura
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, c.1460-1510, All folios
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