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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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
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single rastrum
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10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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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
1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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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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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (italic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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often
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Copy language name: Latin
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Material: paper
Multiple texts: no
Other decoration type: end-symbol
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
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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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