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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Physical type
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paper
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oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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4-part single page
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5-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
4
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Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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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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provided with one or two incipits
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untexted
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hybrida
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
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dark brown
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red
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reddish brown
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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never
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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decorated
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historiated
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often
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Penned Initials Type
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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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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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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often
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Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
2
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: brown
Material: paper
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
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Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. IX, c. 1520-30, All folios
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