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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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normally
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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5-part opening
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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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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fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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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 (bastarda)
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hybrida
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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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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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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historiated
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
often
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Other Decoration Type
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Colour of text: brown
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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