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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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Copying of Music
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Type of Notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
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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 texts
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provided with single incipit
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fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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light brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
always
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occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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sometimes
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decorative final long
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy text: high
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 8
Painted initials frequency: always
Painted initials type: decorated
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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