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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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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hybrida
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textura
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
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Borders Frequency
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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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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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
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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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Level of calligraphy text: high
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Colour of text: brown
Colour of notation: brown
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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