PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
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paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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coronae
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cue notes
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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hybrida
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roman
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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blue
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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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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sometimes
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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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
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
3
often
5
rarely
1
sometimes
2
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
4
decorative final long
3
embellished final barline
3
end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Indentation for initials: single
Locations name: Brussels
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Number of staves: 1
Physical format: upright
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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