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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Manuscript
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Material
paper
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Format
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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notation and staves extended into margin
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chant (square)
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hybrida
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roman
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textura
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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sometimes
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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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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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
6
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
normally
2
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Separate text: no separate text
Type of notation: void mensural
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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