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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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none
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Presence or Absence of Text
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6
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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never
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
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Level of calligraphy text: poor
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Number of staves: 8
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Maastricht, Netherlands, Rijksarchief van Limburg, MS s.s., c. 1480, All folios
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