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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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Colour of Staves
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double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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double
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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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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
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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staves extended into margin
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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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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full 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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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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 and provided with incipit
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
2
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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littera notabilior
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Colour of text: black
Physical type: choirbook
Presence absence of text: untexted
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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