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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Physical type
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Material
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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all staves indented
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empty ruled staves on grid
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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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other
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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untexted
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antiqua
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
full borders
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calligraphic
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decorated
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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
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
2
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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ornament
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Montecassino, Italy, Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, MS 871, late 15th century, pp. 247-434
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