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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paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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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
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
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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Copying of Text
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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occasionally
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rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
never
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occasionally
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Level of calligraphy text: fair
Material exact%3apaper
Miniatures frequency: rarely
Number of staves: 10
Physical type: choirbook
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, c.1460-1510, All folios
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