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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment (with paper)
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full 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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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signa congruentiae
1
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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sometimes
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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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never
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occasionally
2
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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Planned Initials Type
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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signes-de-renvoi
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Pricking frequency: never
Number of staves: 11
Multiple texts: no
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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