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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parchment
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n/a
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none visible
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2-part opening
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3-part score
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5-part opening
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6-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
double
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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2
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
12
not in dedicated space
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notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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staveline added
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black
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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n/a
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poor
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very high
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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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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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provided with two incipits
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untexted
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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display script
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hybrida
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rotonda
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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n/a
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
always
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never
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normally
1
rarely
5
Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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full borders
3
partial borders: one-sided
2
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
1
Painted Initials Frequency
always
1
normally
3
occasionally
1
rarely
4
sometimes
3
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
1
decorated
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flourished
3
historiated
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plain initials
1
trompe l'oeil
1
zoomorphic initial
1
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
8
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
7
sometimes
1
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
10
calligraphic with decoration
3
calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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littera notabilior
2
plain initials
3
Planned Initials Frequency
never
3
normally
3
occasionally
2
often
2
rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
never
3
normally
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occasionally
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often
1
rarely
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sometimes
4
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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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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littera notabilior
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vignette
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds du conservatoire MS Rés. Vm7 676, 1502, All folios
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