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
parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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4
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
Level of Calligraphy
high
3
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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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fully texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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display script
2
textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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black
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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
2
Borders Frequency
rarely
3
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
3
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
1
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normally
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calligraphic
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Borders size: partial borders: two-sided
Level of calligraphy music: high
Material: parchment
Number of staves: 9
Pricking frequency: always
Separate text: no separate text
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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