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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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Indentation for Initials
none
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empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled 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
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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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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full 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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very 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
English
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
often
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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banner
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Borders frequency: never
Colour of notation: black
Colour of text: reddish brown
Material: paper
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Other decoration type: end-symbol
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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