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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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Indentation for initials filled in
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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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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fully texted with one text
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Colour of Text
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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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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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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Level of calligraphy music: high
Physical type: choirbook
Painted initials frequency: occasionally
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Montserrat, Spain, Monasterio de S Maria, MS 773, c. 1510-15, All folios
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