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
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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provided, 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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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
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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 one or two incipits
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
often
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Colour of text: black
Colour of text: blue
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Monophonic notation: absent
Production method: Manuscript
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 16 (olim 109), 1487-1510, All folios
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