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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Manuscript
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Physical type
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Material
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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brown
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Ruling Medium
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empty ruled staves on grid
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staves not ruled on grid
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no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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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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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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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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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Multiple Texts
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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full borders
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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banner
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littera notabilior
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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