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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Pricking
never
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Colour of Staves
black
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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2-part consecutive
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2-part score
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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7-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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triple
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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not 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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staveline added
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void mensural
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with two incipits
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textura
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
12
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
always
1
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
never
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rarely
2
Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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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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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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occasionally
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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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Colour of text: grey
Copy language name: Latin
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Colour of text: red
Locations name: Florence
Monophonic notation: absent
Pricking frequency: none visible
Type of notation: void mensural
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Egerton 3051, c. 1500, All folios
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