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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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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9
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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Multiple Texts
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Decoration
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
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full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
8
often
2
rarely
10
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
5
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials 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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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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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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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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ornament
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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