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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oblong
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Pricking
always
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n/a
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none visible
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normally
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single rastrum
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Number of staves
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9
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quintuple
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empty ruled staves on grid
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6
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end symbol
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partially texted with one text
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
always
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
often
3
rarely
4
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
8
calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
2
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
2
sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
always
2
normally
1
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: brown
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 6
Presence absence of text: fully texted with one text
Type of notation: void mensural
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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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