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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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4
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
4
dark brown
4
light brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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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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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
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grey
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no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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littera notabilior
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Number of staves: 6
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Indentation for initials: none
Production method: Manuscript
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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