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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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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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves 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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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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 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 multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
brown
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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
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Borders frequency: never
Colour of text: brown
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Miniatures frequency: never
Monophonic notation: absent
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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