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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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
2
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4
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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2
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Czech
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French
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
full borders
1
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
often
1
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1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
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1
sometimes
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calligraphic
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banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Copy language name: French
Monophonic notation: present
Number of staves: 5
Penned initials type: littera notabilior
Presence absence of text: untexted
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, c.1460-1510, All folios
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