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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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
10
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Indentation for initials filled in
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7
notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
10
staveline added
5
staves extended into margin
4
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Colour of Notation
black
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4
dark brown
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red
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
2
full mensural
4
strene notation
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9
Monophonic Notation
absent
5
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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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10
fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
2
provided with single incipit
8
untexted
9
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cursive
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cursive (italic)
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display script
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
8
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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flourished
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plain initials
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normally
2
occasionally
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often
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rarely
4
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
2
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
often
3
rarely
3
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
1
decorative final long
3
end-symbol
2
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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