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
parchment
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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provided, in dedicated space
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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light brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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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 (humanistic)
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hybrida
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Colour of Text
black
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light brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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decorated
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
littera notabilior
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normally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Colour of notation: black
Number of staves: 7
Number of staves: 8
Penned initials type: flourished
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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