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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Manuscript
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choirbook
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Material
paper
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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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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Latin
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fully texted with one or two texts
1
fully texted with one text
5
fully texted with two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Borders Size
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic
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Physical type: choirbook
Pricking frequency: none visible
Number of staves: 3
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Egerton 3051, c. 1500, All folios
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