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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notation and staves extended into margin
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Extra space: none
Indentation for initials: none
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Number of staves: 3
Type of notation: void mensural
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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