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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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Pricking
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staveline added
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Colour of Notation
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dark brown
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chant (square)
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absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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partially texted with one text
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6
provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
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rarely
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Borders Size
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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occasionally
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decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
6
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
2
decorated
2
decorated with grotesque heads
1
flourished
2
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
4
Planned Initials Frequency
normally
5
often
2
rarely
4
sometimes
2
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
1
Other Decoration Frequency
never
1
occasionally
1
often
1
rarely
3
sometimes
1
Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
4
end-symbol
2
littera notabilior
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Multiple texts: yes
Indentation for initials: single
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Presence absence of text: provided with single incipit
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
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