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
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
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Colour of Staves
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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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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dark brown
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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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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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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Multiple Texts
no
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
sometimes
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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Penned Initials Frequency
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often
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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plain initials
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: dark brown
Disposition of voice part: 4-part single page
Physical type: choirbook
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS IV.922, c. 1520, one quire (117-125) c. 1515, All folios
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