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
parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
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Indentation for Initials
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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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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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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fully texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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Borders Frequency
often
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
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sometimes
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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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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
often
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banner
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Colour of staves: gold
Copy language name: Italian
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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