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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Physical type
choirbook
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Preparation
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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Disposition of Voice Parts
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of 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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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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cursive
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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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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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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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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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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Locations part of: Great Britain
Colour of notation: dark brown
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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