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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
parchment
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Monophonic Notation
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coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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antiqua
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textura
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blue
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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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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Painted Initials Frequency
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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zoomorphic initial
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Planned Initials Frequency
often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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littera notabilior
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Level of calligraphy text: very high
Copy language name: Latin
Colour of staves: brown
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Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2439, c. 1505-10, All folios
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