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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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
4
brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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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
end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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Type of Script
display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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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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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
4
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Pricking frequency: always
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Level of calligraphy text: high
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Rome, Italy, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 2856 (olim O.V. 208), c. 1479-81, All folios
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