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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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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Pricking
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n/a
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none visible
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often
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Colour of Staves
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straightedge
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2-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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none
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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n/a
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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none
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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varies
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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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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normally
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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often
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rarely
1
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
4
occasionally
3
often
1
rarely
4
sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
2
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
5
littera notabilior
2
plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
2
normally
1
rarely
3
Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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vignette
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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