PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
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Monophonic Notation
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present
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n/a
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coronae
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provided with single incipit
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varies
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antiqua
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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roman
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rotonda
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textura
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n/a
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very high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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gold
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grey
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light brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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never
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none visible
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normally
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rarely
8
Borders Frequency
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never
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occasionally
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rarely
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sometimes
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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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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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
9
sometimes
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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plain initials
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trompe l'oeil
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
15
occasionally
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often
10
rarely
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sometimes
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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always
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never
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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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Other Decoration Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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occasionally
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often
8
rarely
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sometimes
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banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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diagrams
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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ornament
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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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
Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS II.I.232 (olim Magliabechi XIX.58), c. 1515-1521, All folios
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