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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often
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Colour of Staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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coronae
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signa congruentiae
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space-filler
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Colour of Text
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dark red
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green
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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often
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
1
rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
3
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
4
occasionally
3
rarely
5
sometimes
6
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
1
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
flourished
4
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
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normally
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occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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