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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Pricking
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none visible
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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all staves indented
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quadruple
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empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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
full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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Presence or Absence of Text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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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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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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never
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normally
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often
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rarely
1
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
1
sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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Colour of staves: black
Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Penned initials frequency: occasionally
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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