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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paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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variable space, not on 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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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
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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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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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occasionally
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partial borders: two-sided
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always
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decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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Colour of staves: brown
Colour of text: black
Number of staves: 10
Number of staves: 12
Separate text: no separate text
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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