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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Colour of Staves
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all staves indented
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no separate text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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strene notation
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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space-filler
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fully texted with one or two 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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antiqua
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cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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high
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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rarely
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Borders Size
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occasionally
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rarely
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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often
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rarely
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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ornament
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Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: normally
Type of notation: full mensural
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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