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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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
upright
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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
black
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not 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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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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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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
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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
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
3
occasionally
1
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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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
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often
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Other Decoration Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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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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littera notabilior
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Separate text: no separate text
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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