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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Material
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
freehand
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quadruple rastrum
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Number of staves
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part score
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-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
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
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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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
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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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provided with two incipits
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cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
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Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
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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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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Adhoc adaptation: staveline added
Extra space: left below voice parts as part of grid
Miniatures frequency: never
Physical format: upright
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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