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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Material
paper
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parchment
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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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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signa congruentiae
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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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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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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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blue
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
often
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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often
1
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
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Other Decoration Frequency
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Painted initials type: decorated
Painted initials type: flourished
Physical format: upright
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of notation: void mensural
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 53 (olim H.C.49; = MaiM 12), c. 1510-25, All folios
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