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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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Indentation for Initials
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
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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poor
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very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
Dutch
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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
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fully texted with one text
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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 multiple incipits
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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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cursive
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cursive (German)
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
poor
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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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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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Level of calligraphy text: poor
Material: paper
Number of staves: 5
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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