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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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Format
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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none
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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
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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
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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none
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Language
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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Colour of Text
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blue
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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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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
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often
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rarely
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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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plain initials
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normally
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end-symbol
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Material: paper
Number of staves: 8
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Egerton 3051, c. 1500, All folios
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