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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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Space Provided for 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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partial additional staves
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Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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signa congruentiae
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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with single incipit
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antiqua
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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zoomorphic initial
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often
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Indentation for initials: single
Level of calligraphy text: very high
Multiple texts: no
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 34 (= MaiM 88), 1521 - c. 1530, All folios
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