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
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Colour of Staves
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
black
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chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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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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fully texted with one or two texts
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antiqua
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textura
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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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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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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 borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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sometimes
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decorated
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plain initials
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sometimes
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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ornament
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Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: normally
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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