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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
10
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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fair
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high
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
1
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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occasionally
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Colour of staves: black
Colour of text: black
Level of calligraphy music: high
Number of staves: 9
Pricking frequency: always
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 15123 (olim Suppl. Fr. 2637), c.1480-4, All folios
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