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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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parchment
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Pricking
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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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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partial additional staves
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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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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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trompe l'oeil
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part: 2-part consecutive
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Number of staves: 8
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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