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
Pricking
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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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
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
12
Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
11
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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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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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
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
10
textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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dark red
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green
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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occasionally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Type of script: cursive
Colour of text: dark brown
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
Pricking frequency: normally
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 31922, c. 1510-20, All folios
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