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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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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cursive
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brown
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light brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Ruling medium: single rastrum
Colour of text: brown
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Presence absence of text: provided with two incipits
Production method: Manuscript
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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