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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choirbook
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Material
paper
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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Indentation for Initials
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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occasionally
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calligraphic
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Material: paper
Number of staves: 7
Number of staves: 9
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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