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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chansonnier
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choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
oblong
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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
single rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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quadruple
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empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for 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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notation 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
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two 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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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
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
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Type of notation: void mensural
Painted initials type: zoomorphic initial
Level of calligraphy music: high
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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