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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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
black
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double and single rastra
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4-part opening
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
black
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end symbol
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pointers
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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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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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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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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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
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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
banner
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français MS 1597 (olim Colbert 1625), c. 1500, All folios
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