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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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Number of staves
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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staves not ruled 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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provided, 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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other
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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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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
none
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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 multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Indentation for initials: double
Penned initials type: calligraphic with grotesque heads
Presence absence of text: fully texted with two or more texts
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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