PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
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Material
paper
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Pricking
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
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6-part opening
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
partial borders: two- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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rarely
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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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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Number of staves: 6
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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