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
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polyphonic music manuscript appended to polyphonic music print
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Material
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
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empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
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
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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Colour of Text
black
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grey
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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zoomorphic initial
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Colour of text: red
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 6
Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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