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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paper
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Format
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Disposition of Voice Parts
1-part single page
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2-part score
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3-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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13
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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Colour of Notation
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red
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chant (Gothic)
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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coronae
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end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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hybrida
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textura
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Colour of Text
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dark brown
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
3
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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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
decorated letters
4
decorative final long
5
embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: brown
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Material: paper
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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