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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Material
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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often
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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straightedge
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1-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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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
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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humanistic
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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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
never
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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- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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always
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decorated
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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Planned Initials Type
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always
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never
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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