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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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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1-part single page
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part score
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Indentation for Initials
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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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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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black
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chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
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coronae
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custodes
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signa congruentiae
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varies
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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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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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
1
trompe l'oeil
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
7
occasionally
7
often
2
rarely
18
sometimes
4
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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historiated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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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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Ruling medium: single rastrum
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Penned initials frequency: rarely
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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