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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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Indentation for Initials
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quadruple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
10
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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10
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
12
other
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partial additional staves
10
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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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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space-filler
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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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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partially texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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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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cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
3
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
5
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
14
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
5
decorated
1
flourished
3
historiated
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
7
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
normally
2
occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Copy language name: French
Copy language name: Latin
Pricking frequency: none visible
Type of notation: void mensural
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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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