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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choirbook
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paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
double and single rastra
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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 text
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provided with single incipit
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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black
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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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
2
Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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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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always
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occasionally
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often
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
embellished final barline
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signes-de-renvoi
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Colour of text: black
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Miniatures frequency: rarely
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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