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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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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parchment
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parchment and paper (mixed)
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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normally
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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staves not ruled on grid
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no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
6
provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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3
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
4
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
2
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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Type of Notation
full mensural
1
void mensural
7
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
1
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
2
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
2
dark brown
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gold
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red
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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
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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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 grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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normally
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banner
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end-symbol
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Copy language name: Italian
Number of staves: 8
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Barcelona, Spain, Biblioteca de Catalunya, M. 681 (=PedC 386), c. 1525-1550, All folios
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