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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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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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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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
4
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
3
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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red
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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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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fully texted with one text
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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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
2
Borders Frequency
occasionally
1
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
normally
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calligraphic with decoration
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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normally
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often
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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Colour of text: red
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Number of staves: 8
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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