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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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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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
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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provided with one or two incipits
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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sometimes
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Guide letters only
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often
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: brown
Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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