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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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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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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fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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partially texted with two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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hybrida
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textura
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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Guide letters only
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Colour of staves: dark brown
Colour of text: brown
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Monophonic notation: absent
Type of notation: void mensural
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 9126, 1504-1505, All folios
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