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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paper (with parchment)
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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dark brown
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reddish brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Indentation for initials filled in
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3
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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brown
4
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
present
4
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
4
repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
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French
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
poor
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Colour of Text
black
2
brown
4
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Penned Initials Frequency
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often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
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calligraphic with decoration
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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normally
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often
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normally
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Colour of notation: brown
Monophonic notation: present
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, nouvelles acquisitions françaises MS 4379, late 15th century, 69-92
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