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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Physical type
choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
parchment
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Format
oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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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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staveline added
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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
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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occasionally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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sometimes
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decorative final long
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signa congruentiae
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Copy language name: Italian
Material: parchment
Number of staves: 6
Production method: Manuscript
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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