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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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
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Pricking
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
5
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
2
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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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
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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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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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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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
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Planned Initials Type
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always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Borders size: full borders
Copy language name: Italian
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy text: high
Separate text: no separate text
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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