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
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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9
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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 single page
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staves extended into margin
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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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pointers
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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
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Spanish
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fully texted and provided with incipit
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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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Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
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poor
1
Colour of Text
black
3
brown
2
dark brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
2
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
1
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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normally
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
Penned initials frequency: normally
Colour of notation: black
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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