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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Physical type
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choirbook
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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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Pricking
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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4-part score
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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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left below voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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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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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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space-filler
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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hybrida
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textura
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Colour of Text
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brown
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dark brown
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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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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
often
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
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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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Planned Initials Frequency
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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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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