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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Physical type
choirbook
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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10
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11
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
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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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
German
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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 or more texts
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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fair
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high
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black
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brown
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red
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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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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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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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Penned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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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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Colour of staves: dark brown
Non verbal performance instructions: coronae
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Number of staves: 9
Type of notation: full mensural
Type of notation: void mensural
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 d, First quarter of the 16th century, All folios
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