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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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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never
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none visible
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variable space, not on grid
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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Level of Calligraphy
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signes-de-renvoi
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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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
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Borders Frequency
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rarely
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Borders Size
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full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
never
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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banner
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decorative final long
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signes-de-renvoi
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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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