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
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Pricking
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n/a
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often
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sometimes
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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1-part single page
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2-part opening
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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
2
3-part single page
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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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5-part single page
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7-part opening
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8-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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space-filler
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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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varies
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
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n/a
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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
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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
never
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normally
1
rarely
7
Borders Frequency
never
5
rarely
5
Borders Size
full borders
4
partial borders: one-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
never
2
normally
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
7
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
1
plain initials
2
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
10
occasionally
4
often
4
rarely
8
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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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
3
occasionally
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often
2
rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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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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sometimes
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banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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vignette
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Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Physical type: choirbook
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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