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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partbook (fragment)
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (complete set)
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
3
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
3
Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
2
notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
5
light brown
1
Type of Notation
German hufnagel
1
full mensural
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void mensural
5
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Latin
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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 or two texts
1
partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
1
untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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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
never
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
2
never
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
1
plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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Other Decoration Frequency
normally
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Physical format: upright
Number of staves: 5
Colour of notation: brown
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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