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
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
5
notation and staves extended into margin
6
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
4
Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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often
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rarely
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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rarely
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normally
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often
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sometimes
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Voice-names
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decorative final long
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Colour of notation: brown
Locations name: Bruges
Number of staves: 3
Physical format: oblong
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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