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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one text
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Physical format: upright
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Number of staves: 3
Level of calligraphy text: fair
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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