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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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8-part opening
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empty ruled staves 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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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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chant (square)
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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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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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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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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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rotonda
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textura
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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often
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Planned Initials Type
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Monophonic notation: present
Penned initials frequency: often
Physical format: upright
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of notation: void mensural
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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