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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monophonic manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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4-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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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
partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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full mensural
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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
fair
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high
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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
Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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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
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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diagrams
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Physical format: upright
Number of staves: 5
Pricking frequency: none visible
Type of script: textura
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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