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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choirbook
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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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rarely
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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varies
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empty ruled staves on 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
8
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7
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notation and staves extended into margin
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11
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partial additional staves
6
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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light brown
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Type of Notation
chant (Central European)
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full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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end symbol
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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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provided with two incipits
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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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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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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normally
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occasionally
1
often
1
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorated letters
2
embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Pricking frequency: none visible
Type of script: cursive
Physical format: upright
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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