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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Physical type
choirbook
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partbook (single)
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paper
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Pricking
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occasionally
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Colour of Staves
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not 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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Colour of Notation
black
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chant (Central European)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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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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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with single incipit
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textura
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black
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red
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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
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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often
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
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plain initials
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never
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normally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Frequency
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normally
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often
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sometimes
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: red
Monophonic notation: present
Number of staves: 7
Colour of text: black
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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