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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Material
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Preparation
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation 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
chant (Gothic)
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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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Copying of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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Voice-names
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decorative final long
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Copy language name: Latin
Indentation for initials: double
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Penned initials type: flourished
Pricking frequency: none visible
Type of notation: void mensural
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London, Great Britain, Royal College of Music, MS 1070, 1505-13, All folios
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