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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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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light brown
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red
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
1
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
3
brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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various
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fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
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often
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Painted initials type: decorated
Other decoration frequency: sometimes
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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