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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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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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Monophonic Notation
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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pointers
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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
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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
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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Level of Calligraphy
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
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sometimes
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flourished
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plain initials
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always
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normally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Level of calligraphy music: high
Separate text: not in dedicated space
Monophonic notation: present
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London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
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