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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on 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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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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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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
Language
French
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Latin
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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 texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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Type of notation: void mensural
Painted initials frequency: occasionally
Physical format: upright
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
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