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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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5
notation and staves extended into margin
6
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3
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staveline added
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black
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chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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very poor
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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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space-filler
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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textura
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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often
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
6
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
14
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
6
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
normally
4
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
3
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Colour of notation: black
Number of staves: 8
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Montecassino, Italy, Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, MS 871, late 15th century, pp. 247-434
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