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
partbook (single)
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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
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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freehand
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part score
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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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left below voice parts as part of grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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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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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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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
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
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Uppsala, Sweden, Universitetsbiblioteket, MS Vokalmusik i Handskrift 76a, c. 1490-1520, All folios
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