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
choirbook
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music treatise(s) with appended polyphony
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Material
paper
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Number of staves
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
3
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Presence or Absence of Text
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provided with one or two incipits
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cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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hybrida
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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dark brown
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red
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
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calligraphic
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Planned Initials Frequency
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Guide letters only
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: blue
Colour of text: dark brown
Colour of text: red
Presence absence of text: untexted
Ruling medium: freehand
Type of notation: void mensural
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Mechelen, Belgium, Archief en Stadsbibliotheek, MS s.s., c. 1515, All folios
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