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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Manuscript
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Pricking
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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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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full mensural
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9
Monophonic Notation
absent
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high
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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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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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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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Colour of notation: black
Indentation for initials: double
Painted initials type: decorated
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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