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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tablebook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
bound upright but prepared oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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rarely
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sometimes
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Colour of Staves
brown
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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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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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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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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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Guide letters only
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Locations name: Halberstadt
Multiple texts: no
Number of staves: 11
Pricking frequency: never
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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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