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
paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not 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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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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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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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
3
occasionally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: brown
Level of calligraphy music: high
Material: paper
Multiple texts: yes
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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