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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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
sometimes
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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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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on 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
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully 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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display script
3
textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
5
brown
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red
5
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
sometimes
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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littera notabilior
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Material: paper
Monophonic notation: absent
Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: sometimes
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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