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
chansonnier
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choirbook
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paper (with parchment)
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-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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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
8
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
4
staveline added
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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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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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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German
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Latin
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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 single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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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
8
brown
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red
7
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
8
Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
2
rarely
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calligraphic
5
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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occasionally
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Miniatures frequency: rarely
Type of script: display script
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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