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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oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
left below voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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provided, in dedicated space
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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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staveline added
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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
6
Level of Calligraphy
fair
3
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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repeat signs
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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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Latin
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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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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (German)
2
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: brown
Colour of staves: brown
Number of staves: 3
Physical format: oblong
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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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