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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
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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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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
dark brown
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
10
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12
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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6-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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
5
other
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partial additional staves
4
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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brown
1
dark brown
7
Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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8
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
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
6
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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Spanish
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
1
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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Type of Script
cursive
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display script
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humanistic
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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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
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
2
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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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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decorated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
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