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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choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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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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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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end-symbol
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Colour of text: black
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
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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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