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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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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6
notation and staves extended into margin
10
notation extended into margin
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other
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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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brown
10
Type of Notation
void mensural
10
Monophonic Notation
absent
9
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
8
high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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none
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pointers
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repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Presence or Absence of Text
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provided with one or two incipits
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varies
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cursive
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
9
yes
4
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: brown
Indentation for initials: single
Type of script: cursive
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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