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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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Number of staves
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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triple
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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
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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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made for complete additional staves
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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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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
6
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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cursive
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
often
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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
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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plain initials
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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
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 text: black
Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Non verbal performance instructions: coronae
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 4, c. 1516-18, All folios
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