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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Material
paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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4-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of 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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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
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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other
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partial additional staves
4
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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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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Copying of Text
Language
French
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German
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with 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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untexted
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varies
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Type of Script
antiqua
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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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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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Pricking frequency: none visible
Physical format: upright
Colour of staves: black
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London, Great Britain, Royal College of Music, MS 1070, 1505-13, All folios
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