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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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3-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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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
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (Italianate)
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cursive (bastarda)
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humanistic
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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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
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Material: paper
Level of calligraphy text: high
Level of calligraphy music: high
Type of script: cursive
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.117, c. 1505-1515, All folios
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