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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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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not in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
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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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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
Language
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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Miniatures Frequency
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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normally
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calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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