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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choirbook
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
4
not in dedicated space
1
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Indentation for initials filled in
1
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3
notation and staves extended into margin
4
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
5
dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
high
5
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
2
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Flemish
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Latin
5
Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
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none visible
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
2
rarely
1
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
4
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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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Planned Initials Type
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occasionally
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often
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banner
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littera notabilior
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Material: parchment
Level of calligraphy text: high
Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Number of staves: 10
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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