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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Physical type
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Material
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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never
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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10-part opening
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19-part opening
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2-part opening
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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3-part score
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8-part opening
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not in dedicated space
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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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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
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coronae
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end symbol
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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untexted
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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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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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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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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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
1
often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
normally
1
rarely
3
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 6-part opening
Number of staves: 6
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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