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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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empty ruled staves on grid
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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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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
black
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full 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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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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signa congruentiae
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Frequency
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decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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calligraphic
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decorated
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials 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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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
2
rarely
4
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
2
decorative final long
5
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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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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