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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Material
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Pricking
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Height of Staves
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4-part single page
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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signa congruentiae
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provided with one or two incipits
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3 (olim H.C.1; = MaiM 8), c. 1520-5, All folios
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