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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partbook (single)
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Material
parchment
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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2
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
2
left between voice parts as part of grid
1
none
1
staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
1
provided, in dedicated space
2
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
2
partial additional staves
2
staveline added
2
Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
1
dark brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
1
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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2
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
3
partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
1
cursive (italic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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light brown
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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
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
2
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
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Other Decoration Type
diagrams
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Number of staves: 4
Pricking frequency: none visible
Painted initials type: decorated
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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