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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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normally
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Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
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19-part opening
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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all staves indented
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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Colour of Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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coronae
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end symbol
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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varies
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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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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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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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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never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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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
always
2
never
1
normally
2
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
6
calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
1
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
3
never
1
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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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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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Penned initials type: historiated
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Locations name: Florence
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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