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
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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normally
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rarely
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Colour of Staves
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2-part opening
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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provided, in dedicated space
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
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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poor
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very 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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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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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
brown
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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calligraphic
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Guide letters only
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Colour of staves: dark brown
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Physical format: upright
Presence absence of text: untexted
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 39 (olim H.C.41; = MaiM 64), c. 1505-15, All folios
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