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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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normally
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Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
4
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two or more texts
1
provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
4
display script
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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flourished
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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often
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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
occasionally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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never
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normally
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often
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Voice-names
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banner
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Number of staves: 5
Number of staves: 9
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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