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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Material
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
black
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Ruling Medium
single rastrum
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no separate text
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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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black
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fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
none
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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Borders Size
full and partial borders
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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always
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 13
Separate text: no separate text
Number of staves: 10
Copy language name: Latin
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 5-1-43 (olim Z Tab. 135, N.° 33), c. 1470-85, All folios
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