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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Material
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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occasionally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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quadruple
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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variable space, not 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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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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staves extended into margin
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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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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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coronae
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end symbol
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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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space-filler
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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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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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
2
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
1
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
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Colour of text: blue
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Painted initials type: decorated
Physical format: upright
Separate text: no separate text
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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