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
parchment
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated with grotesque heads
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Voice-names
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Colour of notation: black
Extra space: variable space, not on grid
Painted initials type: flourished
Physical format: upright
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Separate text: no separate text
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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