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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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
blue
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gold
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Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
1
repeat signs
2
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
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2
dark brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
1
Borders Frequency
never
1
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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littera notabilior
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occasionally
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Indentation for initials: single
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Number of staves: 1
Number of staves: 4
Number of staves: 5
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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