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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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rarely
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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3
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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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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dark brown
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gold
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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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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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Colour of text: dark brown
Presence absence of text: untexted
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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