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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Material
parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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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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staves not ruled on grid
3
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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
3
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
5
repeat signs
1
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
5
Copying of Text
Language
English
1
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1
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
3
display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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never
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normally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 9
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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