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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Disposition of Voice Parts
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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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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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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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signes-de-renvoi
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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calligraphic
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plain initials
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end-symbol
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Borders size: full borders
Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 6
Production method: Manuscript
Type of script: display script
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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