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
oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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Colour of Staves
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6
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2-part opening
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3-part consecutive
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3-part score
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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
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Indentation for initials filled in
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3
notation and staves extended into margin
8
notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
6
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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gold
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red
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reddish brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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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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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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partially texted with one or two texts
3
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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untexted
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cursive (Anglicana)
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black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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reddish brown
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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sometimes
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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trompe l'oeil
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normally
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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
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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
1
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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normally
2
often
1
rarely
5
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
1
never
1
normally
1
occasionally
2
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
banner
2
decorative final long
5
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Non verbal performance instructions: end symbol
Physical type: choirbook
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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