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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Physical type
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Material
paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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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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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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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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signes-de-renvoi
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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Penned Initials Frequency
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calligraphic
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occasionally
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banner
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Colour of notation: black
Material exact%3apaper
Material: parchment
Penned initials type: decorated
Planned initials frequency: rarely
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, c.1460-1510, All folios
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