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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choirbook
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Material
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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single rastrum
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Indentation for Initials
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left between voice parts as part of 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
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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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fully 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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varies
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Type of Script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
sometimes
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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Other decoration frequency: sometimes
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Colour of staves: brown
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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