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
paper
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Format
oblong
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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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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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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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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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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zoomorphic initial
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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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littera notabilior
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zoomorphic initial
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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
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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
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Riccardiana, MS 2356, c. 1480-1485, All folios
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