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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Physical type
choirbook
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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3
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4
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Disposition of Voice Parts
3-part single page
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves 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
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
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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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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Number of staves: 6
Other decoration frequency: always
Pricking frequency: none visible
Type of notation: void mensural
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3155 (= MaiM 209), c. 1515-35, All folios
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds du conservatoire MS Rés. 862, c. 1503-5, 73-88
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