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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Colour of Staves
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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variable space, not on grid
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textura
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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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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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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trompe l'oeil
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
18
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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banner
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: black
Penned initials frequency: rarely
Monophonic notation: absent
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Montecassino, Italy, Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, MS 871, late 15th century, pp. 247-434
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