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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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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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
partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Presence or Absence of Text
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Colour of staves: black
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Physical format: upright
Other decoration type: littera notabilior
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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