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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Schonenberg nr. Bocholt
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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4-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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none
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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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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
1
made for complete additional staves
1
notation and staves extended into margin
1
notation extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
3
present
1
Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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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
none visible
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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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Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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plain initials
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Voice-names
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: black
Level of calligraphy music: high
Material exact%3apaper
Penned initials type: flourished
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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