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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Material
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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normally
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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Indentation for initials filled in
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8
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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chant (square)
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end symbol
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hybrida
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Colour of Text
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dark brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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rarely
1
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
1
zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
4
occasionally
2
often
6
rarely
7
sometimes
2
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
11
calligraphic with decoration
7
calligraphic with grotesque heads
4
decorated
3
flourished
3
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
5
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
2
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
4
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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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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