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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Material
paper
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parchment
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
1
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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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
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
4
fully texted with two texts
1
provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
1
cursive (bastarda)
2
display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
2
very high
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Colour of Text
black
4
brown
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red
3
Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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calligraphic
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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normally
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rarely
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: black
Number of staves: 12
Number of staves: 5
Physical type: choirbook
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London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
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