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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oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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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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Colour of Notation
black
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chant (square)
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coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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roman
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
2
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
5
flourished
1
historiated
1
plain initials
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trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
3
often
4
rarely
7
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
7
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
5
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
5
often
2
rarely
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sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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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
banner
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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