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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Material
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part score
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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3-part single page
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4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
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4-part score
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
3
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
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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signes-de-renvoi
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Presence or Absence of Text
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fully texted with two or more 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 two incipits
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untexted
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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brown
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dark 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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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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never
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Borders Size
partial borders: two- and three-sided
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decorated
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normally
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often
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rarely
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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
1
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 6
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one or two texts
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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