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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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Number of staves
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Indentation for Initials
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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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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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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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cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
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Planned Initials Frequency
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often
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ornament
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Adhoc adaptation: Indentation for initials filled in
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Colour of staves: brown
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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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