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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Material
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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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 single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 2
Number of staves: 9
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Cape Town, South Africa, National Library of South Africa, MS Grey 3.b.12, Before 1506, All folios
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