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
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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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other
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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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dark brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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none
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Language
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Latin
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fully 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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cursive
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cursive (German)
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
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calligraphic
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plain initials
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normally
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sometimes
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Extra space: none
Number of staves: 10
Colour of text: brown
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-5-20 (olim Z Tab. 137, N.° 25), Early 16th century, 39-66
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