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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choirbook
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paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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3-part opening
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4-part single page
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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full mensural
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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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poor
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very 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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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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untexted
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Type of Script
display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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black
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blue
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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calligraphic
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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often
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diagrams
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 2
Type of notation: void mensural
Type of script: textura
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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