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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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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9
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5-part consecutive
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
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black
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Type of Notation
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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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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provided with single incipit
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cursive
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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often
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Painted Initials Type
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Penned Initials Frequency
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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often
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diagrams
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Colour of notation: black
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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