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
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Size of Music Text Area
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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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
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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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
5
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space-filler
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fully texted with one or two texts
4
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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antiqua
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
always
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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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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normally
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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banner
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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ornament
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Pricking frequency: normally
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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