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
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Colour of Staves
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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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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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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black
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Monophonic Notation
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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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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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fully texted with one or two texts
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Multiple Texts
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Decoration
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: three-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
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end-symbol
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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