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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choirbook
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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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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none visible
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normally
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often
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Colour of Staves
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Number of staves
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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quintuple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
5
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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
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staveline added
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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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light brown
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red
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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cue notes
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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provided with multiple incipits
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cursive
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hybrida
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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light brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
4
often
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rarely
3
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
5
embellished final barline
4
end-symbol
1
littera notabilior
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signes-de-renvoi
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Indentation for initials: none
Level of calligraphy text: high
Colour of text: brown
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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