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
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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not 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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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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
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French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
2
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
3
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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embellished final barline
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Colour of notation: brown
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy music: high
Penned initials frequency: sometimes
Physical type: choirbook
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Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2439, c. 1505-10, All folios
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