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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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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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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provided, in dedicated space
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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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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
French
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
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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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
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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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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calligraphic
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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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normally
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often
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
Planned initials frequency: often
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 7 (= MaiM 1), c. 1512-30 , All folios
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