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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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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
cursive (German)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: red
Level of calligraphy music: very high
Multiple texts: yes
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 12
Separate text: no separate text
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, c.1460-1510, All folios
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