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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paper
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Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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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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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
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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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cue notes
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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textura
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blue
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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: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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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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flourished
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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often
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often
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Colour of staves: brown
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Adhoc adaptation: Indentation for initials filled in
Material: paper
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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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