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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parchment
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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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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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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full mensural
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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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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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varies
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (Anglicana)
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cursive (German)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
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Colour of staves: black
Colour of text: brown
Level of calligraphy music: poor
Number of staves: 7
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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