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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Material
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Preparation
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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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
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Planned Initials Type
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Penned initials frequency: often
Physical format: upright
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of notation: void mensural
Type of script: hybrida
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Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Chigi C VIII 234, c. 1498-1503, All folios
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