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
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour 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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empty ruled staves 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
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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light 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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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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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 text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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light 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
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: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
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plain initials
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Adhoc adaptation: staveline added
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Other decoration frequency: sometimes
Other decoration type: decorative final long
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, c.1460-1510, All folios
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