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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parchment
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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dark brown
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light brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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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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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
2
provided, in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
3
staveline added
1
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
brown
5
red
1
Type of Notation
chant (square)
1
void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
4
Copying of Text
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French
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Latin
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Spanish
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fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
5
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3
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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2
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textura
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Colour of Text
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
5
occasionally
3
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Planned Initials Frequency
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Penned initials type: calligraphic with grotesque heads
Presence absence of text: untexted
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
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Oxford, Great Britain, Bodleian Library, [Printed Book] Arch. A.c.10, c.1510-20, 34-43
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