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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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single rastrum
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation 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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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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fully texted with one text
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Colour of Text
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blue
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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Colour of text: black
Number of staves: 5
Number of staves: 8
Penned initials type: flourished
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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London, Great Britain, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 1, Late 1520s, All folios
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