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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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part opening
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4-part opening
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6-part opening
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n/a
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Indentation for Initials
double
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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coronae
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end symbol
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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varies
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antiqua
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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very poor
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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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
always
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never
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none visible
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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trompe l'oeil
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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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decorated
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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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
normally
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occasionally
3
often
4
rarely
4
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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signes-de-renvoi
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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