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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rarely
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1-part single page
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19-part opening
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2-part score
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2-part single page
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3-part consecutive
3
3-part opening
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3-part score
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3-part single page
14
4-part consecutive
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4-part opening
58
4-part score
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4-part single page
16
5-part consecutive
2
5-part opening
35
5-part single page
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6-part opening
17
7-part opening
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8-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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2
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3
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3
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20
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24
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40
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17
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17
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21
notation and staves extended into margin
35
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20
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26
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11
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6
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5
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signa congruentiae
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space-filler
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8
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54
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5
partially texted with one text
15
partially texted with two texts
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provided with multiple incipits
2
provided with one or two incipits
9
provided with single incipit
23
provided with two incipits
1
untexted
24
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cursive
5
cursive (Anglicana)
4
cursive (German)
1
cursive (bastarda)
21
cursive (humanistic)
3
cursive (italic)
3
display script
26
hybrida
3
roman
2
rotonda
3
textura
19
Level of Calligraphy
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20
high
28
n/a
4
poor
5
very high
11
Colour of Text
black
46
blue
5
brown
16
dark brown
4
dark red
1
green
1
grey
1
light brown
2
red
37
reddish brown
1
yellow
1
Multiple Texts
no
33
yes
34
Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
2
rarely
19
Borders Frequency
always
1
never
4
occasionally
2
rarely
14
Borders Size
full and partial borders
1
full borders
6
partial borders: one- and two-sided
1
partial borders: one-sided
5
partial borders: two- and three-sided
1
partial borders: two-sided
5
Painted Initials Frequency
always
3
never
4
normally
3
occasionally
3
often
4
rarely
11
sometimes
1
Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
2
decorated
10
decorated with grotesque heads
6
flourished
4
historiated
3
plain initials
3
zoomorphic initial
3
Penned Initials Frequency
always
2
normally
18
occasionally
6
often
6
rarely
13
sometimes
6
Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
29
calligraphic with decoration
6
calligraphic with grotesque heads
6
decorated
1
decorated with grotesque heads
2
flourished
10
littera notabilior
1
plain initials
6
Planned Initials Frequency
always
1
never
5
normally
6
occasionally
4
often
3
rarely
14
sometimes
3
Planned Initials Type
Guide letters only
2
Other Decoration Frequency
always
2
never
8
normally
6
occasionally
3
often
5
rarely
5
sometimes
4
Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
2
banner
1
decorated letters
1
decorative final long
9
embellished final barline
1
end-symbol
3
littera notabilior
6
signa congruentiae
1
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Physical type: choirbook
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Frottole II, Venice, Italy, 1505, , "Die.viii. Ianuarii Salutis anno M.ccccciiii.",
Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.X.1.11 (Lat. 471; olim VI.H.15), 1440s, with additions up c. 1480, All folios
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