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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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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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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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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very high
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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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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Language
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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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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
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never
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Painted Initials Type
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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normally
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often
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sometimes
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Other decoration frequency: sometimes
Type of script: cursive
Colour of text: black
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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