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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parchment
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Number of staves
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Adhoc Adaptation
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notation and staves 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
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one text
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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decorated
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historiated
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Penned Initials Frequency
normally
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calligraphic
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Disposition of voice part: 5-part opening
Non verbal performance instructions: space-filler
Number of staves: 11
Penned initials type: calligraphic with grotesque heads
Type of notation: void mensural
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Magliabechi XIX.178, c. 1492-1494, All folios
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