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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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
always
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never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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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
2
none
3
Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
1
Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
4
notation extended into margin
3
partial additional staves
2
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
full mensural
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void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
5
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Italian
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Latin
7
Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
4
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
2
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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Painted Initials Type
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historiated
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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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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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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
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Physical format: oblong
Separate text: no separate text
Colour of notation: brown
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3 (olim H.C.1; = MaiM 8), c. 1520-5, All folios
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