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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Printed work
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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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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chant (Gothic)
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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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n/a
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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rotonda
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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rarely
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Colour of notation: black
Extra space: none
Number of staves: 4
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Type of notation: void mensural
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 34 (= MaiM 88), 1521 - c. 1530, All folios
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