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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chansonnier
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choirbook
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Material
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Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
6
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
brown
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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
fair
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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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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Production method: Manuscript
Separate text: no separate text
Presence absence of text: untexted
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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