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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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
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8
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves 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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Adhoc Adaptation
notation extended into margin
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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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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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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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 with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Indentation for initials: none
Level of calligraphy text: high
Penned initials type: decorated with grotesque heads
Production method: Manuscript
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Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2442, First half of the 16th century, probably c. 1527, Cantus partbook, all folios
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 1596, c. 1495, All folios
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