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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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4-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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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
3
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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partial additional staves
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
1
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
3
Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
poor
1
Colour of Text
black
2
brown
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dark brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
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normally
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calligraphic
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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signa congruentiae
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Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. IV, c. 1520-30, All folios
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