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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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Pricking
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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red
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Type of Notation
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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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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high
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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calligraphic
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decorated
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Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Multiple texts: no
Physical format: upright
Pricking frequency: always
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of script: display script
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 d, First quarter of the 16th century, All folios
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