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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choirbook (fragment)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves 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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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
none
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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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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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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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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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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display script
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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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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Other decoration frequency: sometimes
Other decoration type: decorative final long
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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