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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Format
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oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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3-part opening
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4-part opening
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5-part opening
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varies
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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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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other
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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
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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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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space-filler
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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Level of Calligraphy
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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Penned Initials Frequency
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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Penned Initials Type
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often
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decorated letters
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: brown
Material: paper
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 4
Presence absence of text: untexted
Type of notation: void mensural
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F VI 26 d, First quarter of the 16th century, All folios
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