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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Material
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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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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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
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gold
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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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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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space-filler
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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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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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textura
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Colour of Text
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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often
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Material: paper
Monophonic notation: absent
Other decoration frequency: occasionally
Production method: Manuscript
Type of notation: void mensural
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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