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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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
7
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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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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high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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custodes
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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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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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
6
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black
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red
5
Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
6
Borders Frequency
rarely
8
Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
3
partial borders: two-sided
5
Painted Initials Frequency
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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sometimes
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Colour of notation: black
Pricking frequency: always
Painted initials type: decorated
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London, Great Britain, Royal College of Music, MS 1070, 1505-13, All folios
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