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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chansonnier
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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5-part opening
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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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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
1
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
2
staveline added
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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
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Latin
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fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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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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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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normally
2
occasionally
1
often
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: black
Copy language name: Latin
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Indentation for initials: single
Planned initials frequency: rarely
Production method: Manuscript
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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