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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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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4-part opening
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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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6
notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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brown
2
dark brown
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gold
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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space-filler
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fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
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humanistic
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hybrida
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roman
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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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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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
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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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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
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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Zaragoza, Spain, Iglesia Metropolitana de la Virgen del Pilar, Archivo Musical, Armario C-3, MS 17, 16th century,
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