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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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Format
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Size (height in mm)
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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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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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5-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
double
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empty ruled staves on grid
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none
1
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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6
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
7
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
6
brown
2
dark brown
5
reddish brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
1
void mensural
9
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
7
Level of Calligraphy
fair
4
high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
5
end symbol
9
pointers
2
repeat signs
6
signa congruentiae
5
signes-de-renvoi
9
space-filler
2
Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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French
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Latin
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3
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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rotonda
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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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Colour of Text
black
6
brown
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dark brown
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red
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reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
5
Borders Frequency
never
5
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
4
occasionally
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often
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rarely
3
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
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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banner
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of staves: brown
Material: parchment and paper (mixed)
Physical format: upright
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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