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
choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
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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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variable space, not on grid
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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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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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very poor
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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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signes-de-renvoi
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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never
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Borders Size
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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normally
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often
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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rarely
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Number of staves: 6
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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