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
paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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quadruple
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
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
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
14
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very 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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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
14
fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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sometimes
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plain initials
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often
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Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Number of staves: 7
Indentation for initials: double
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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