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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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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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Ruling Medium
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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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variable space, not 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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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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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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none
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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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space-filler
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cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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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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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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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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