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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parchment
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Format
upright
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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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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled 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
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Adhoc Adaptation
partial additional staves
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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
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
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
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
1
occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
historiated
1
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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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
Painted initials type: decorated
Colour of text: black
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Barcelona, Spain, Biblioteca de Catalunya, M. 681 (=PedC 386), c. 1525-1550, All folios
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