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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Belgium
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Manuscript
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (complete set)
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paper
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parchment
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oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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often
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Colour of Staves
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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notation and staves extended into margin
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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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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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French
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fully texted with one or two texts
5
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1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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black
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brown
5
Multiple Texts
yes
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Miniatures Frequency
always
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always
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calligraphic
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Material: parchment (with paper)
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Number of staves: 10
Physical type: choirbook
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, c.1460-1510, All folios
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