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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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paper
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Pricking
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never
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none visible
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normally
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sometimes
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Colour of Staves
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dark brown
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light brown
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single rastrum
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straightedge
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13
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14
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2-part consecutive
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2-part opening
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2-part score
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3-part consecutive
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3-part opening
16
3-part score
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8
4-part consecutive
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4-part score
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4-part single page
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5-part consecutive
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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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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partially texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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textura
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various
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Level of Calligraphy
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26
high
3
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Colour of Text
black
13
brown
17
dark brown
4
red
6
reddish brown
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
17
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
4
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
1
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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plain initials
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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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rarely
6
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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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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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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sometimes
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
4
littera notabilior
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signa congruentiae
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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