PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
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Production method
Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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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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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
always
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partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two- and three-sided
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zoomorphic initial
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ornament
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Colour of staves: brown
Level of calligraphy music: high
Material: parchment
Monophonic notation: absent
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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