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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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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partial additional staves
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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end-symbol
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy music: high
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Penned initials type: plain initials
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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