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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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4-part consecutive
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5-part consecutive
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on 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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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full mensural
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
numbers to indicate note lengths
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signa congruentiae
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (Anglicana)
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no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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decorated
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
Disposition of voice part: 5-part consecutive
Number of staves: 9
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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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