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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paper
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parchment
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Pricking
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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blue
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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partially texted with two texts
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Adhoc adaptation: staves extended into margin
Locations name: England
Number of staves: 7
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
Ruling medium: straightedge
Type of notation: void mensural
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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