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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Physical type
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Material
paper
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Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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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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no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
black
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chant (square)
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absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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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hybrida
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rotonda
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reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Colour of staves: brown
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.M.1.2 (Lat. 457; olim VI.H.I), c. 1505, All folios
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