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
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
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Ruling Medium
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
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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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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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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Type of Script
display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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calligraphic
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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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Other Decoration Frequency
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often
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banner
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Type of script: textura
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Penned initials frequency: sometimes
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 1 (olim H.C. 59; = MaiM 7), c. 1510-after 1523, All folios
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