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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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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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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not specified
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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none
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
5
partially texted with one text
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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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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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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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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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normally
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occasionally
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decorated letters
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Physical type: partbook (single)
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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