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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Size of Music Text Area
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never
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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gold
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n/a
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red
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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quadruple rastrum
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single rastrum
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12
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7
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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12-part opening
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
8
6-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
10
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staves not ruled on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
11
not in dedicated space
4
provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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3
none
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notation and staves extended into margin
12
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
6
staveline added
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dark brown
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gold
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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coronae
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end symbol
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none
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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provided with one or two incipits
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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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
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
1
historiated
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plain initials
2
trompe l'oeil
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
2
often
4
rarely
4
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
2
flourished
6
historiated
1
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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banner
1
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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diagrams
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embellished final barline
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littera notabilior
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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