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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choirbook
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
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black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Borders Frequency
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littera notabilior
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never
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often
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sometimes
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diagrams
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Colour of staves: red
Colour of text: black
Monophonic notation: absent
Type of script: textura
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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