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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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
4
staveline added
4
staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
1
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
4
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
3
signa congruentiae
3
signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted and provided with incipit
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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textura
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
always
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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full borders
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often
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rarely
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
1
occasionally
1
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
2
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
Number of staves: 11
Colour of notation: black
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Bologna, Italy, Biblioteca Universitaria, MS 2573 (2231), 1490s, All folios
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