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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paper
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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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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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
13
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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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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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
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fully texted with one text
14
fully texted with two or more texts
5
fully texted with two texts
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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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- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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Colour of text: red
Indentation for initials: single
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Number of staves: 4
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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