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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choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
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Format
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Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled 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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Adhoc Adaptation
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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partial additional staves
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staves 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
high
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poor
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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very high
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very poor
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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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
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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calligraphic
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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never
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorated letters
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Colour of notation: brown
Indentation for initials: single
Locations name: Naples
Monophonic notation: absent
Multiple texts: yes
Pricking frequency: never
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
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