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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Physical type
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Material
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
none visible
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normally
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chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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signa congruentiae
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hybrida
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dark brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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rarely
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littera notabilior
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banner
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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 staves: black
Copy language name: Latin
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Presence absence of text: provided with one or two incipits
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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