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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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n/a
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part single page
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4-part opening
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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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5-part opening
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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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notation and staves extended into margin
4
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other
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6
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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3
dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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n/a
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coronae
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end symbol
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space-filler
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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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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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always
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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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 with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
often
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rarely
4
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
2
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
3
diagrams
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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