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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Great Britain
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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
parchment
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parchment (with paper)
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
straightedge
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Number of staves
10
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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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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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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single
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves 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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provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
1
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
4
void mensural
1
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
English
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Latin
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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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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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display script
1
textura
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
3
Colour of Text
black
4
blue
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
2
Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
3
flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Type of notation: full mensural
Physical format: upright
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 20, c. 1515-20, All folios
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