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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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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single rastrum
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triple rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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8-part opening
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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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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
brown
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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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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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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French
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Latin
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Spanish
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fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
7
partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
3
provided with single incipit
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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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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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roman
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Colour of Text
blue
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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: three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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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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historiated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of text: brown
Copy language name: Latin
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Pricking frequency: none visible
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 31922, c. 1510-20, All folios
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