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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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
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single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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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provided, in dedicated space
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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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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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one or two texts
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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flourished
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Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Colour of notation: black
Extra space: left between voice parts as part of grid
Number of staves: 13
Physical type: choirbook
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 31 (olim H.C.30; = MaiM 71), c. 1510, All folios
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