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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Physical type
choirbook
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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4-part consecutive
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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
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Adhoc Adaptation
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
2
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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brown
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dark brown
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red
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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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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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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Copying of Text
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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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textura
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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occasionally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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occasionally
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often
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banner
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Other decoration frequency: occasionally
Level of calligraphy music: high
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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