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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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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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provided with one or two incipits
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cursive (bastarda)
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hybrida
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black
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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rarely
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Guide letters only
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never
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often
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Colour of notation: brown
Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Physical format: upright
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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