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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paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Space Provided for 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
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
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light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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very high
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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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space-filler
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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hybrida
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light brown
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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
always
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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historiated
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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
2
occasionally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 31 (olim H.C.30; = MaiM 71), c. 1510, All folios
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