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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2-part opening
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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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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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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light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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dark brown
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gold
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light brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Borders Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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sometimes
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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flourished
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always
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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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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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diagrams
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: red
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 25 (olim H.C.51; = MaiM 69), c. 1520-4, All folios
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