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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choirbook
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parchment
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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made for complete additional staves
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1
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
4
Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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repeat signs
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Copying of Text
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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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
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cursive (humanistic)
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
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decorated
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calligraphic
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Frequency
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normally
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Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2442, First half of the 16th century, probably c. 1527, Cantus partbook, all folios
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