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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Material
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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12-part opening
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3-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
all staves indented
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varies
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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Monophonic Notation
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coronae
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pointers
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signes-de-renvoi
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provided with single incipit
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varies
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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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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
4
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
5
occasionally
5
often
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rarely
3
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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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
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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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
Voice-names
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banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 12
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Edinburgh, Great Britain, National Library of Scotland, MS Adv. 5.1.15, c. 1501-1546, All folios
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