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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part score
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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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left below voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
2
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
3
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
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dark brown
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gold
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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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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fully texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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red
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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decorated
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trompe l'oeil
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often
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decorated
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plain initials
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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