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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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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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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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
blue
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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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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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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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
brown
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dark brown
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Multiple Texts
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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Colour of staves: black
Colour of text: blue
Indentation for initials: double
Multiple texts: yes
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
Production method: Manuscript
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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