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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20
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20
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19-part opening
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2-part score
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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n/a
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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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dark red
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green
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red
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Multiple Texts
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25
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Frequency
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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Painted Initials Type
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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normally
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occasionally
3
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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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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always
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normally
4
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
2
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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always
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normally
4
occasionally
4
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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