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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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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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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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with single incipit
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hybrida
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roman
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black
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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never
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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sometimes
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normally
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Other Decoration Type
embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part single page
Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
Type of notation: void mensural
Type of script: cursive
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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