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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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
10
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11
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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staveline added
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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
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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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 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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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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hybrida
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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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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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decorated
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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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plain initials
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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often
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banner
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decorated letters
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Ruling medium: single rastrum
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
Copy language name: Latin
Penned initials type: flourished
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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