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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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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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
freehand
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single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
single
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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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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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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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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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
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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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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banner
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decorative final long
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Colour of staves: brown
Indentation for initials: single
Number of staves: 8
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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