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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choirbook
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
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Size (height in mm)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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normally
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part single page
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Indentation for initials filled in
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11
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
8
other
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21
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
16
brown
6
dark brown
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red
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reddish brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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Presence or Absence of Text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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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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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
4
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
3
flourished
6
historiated
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littera notabilior
1
plain initials
2
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
4
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
7
sometimes
1
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
5
normally
2
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
2
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 17
Physical type: choirbook
Colour of notation: red
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 31 (olim H.C.30; = MaiM 71), c. 1510, All folios
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