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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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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parchment (with paper)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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2-part opening
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6-part opening
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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signa congruentiae
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fully texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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cursive
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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decorated
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calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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always
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occasionally
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Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 12
Number of staves: 7
Pricking frequency: never
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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