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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choirbook
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parchment
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Pricking
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normally
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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Type of Notation
full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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humanistic
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
none visible
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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partial borders: two-sided
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often
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decorated
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calligraphic
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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
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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always
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occasionally
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often
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banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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signes-de-renvoi
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Material: parchment
Other decoration frequency: often
Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
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London, Great Britain, Royal College of Music, MS 1070, 1505-13, All folios
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