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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parchment
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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empty ruled staves on grid
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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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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
occasionally
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often
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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plain initials
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sometimes
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Colour of staves: black
Number of staves: 6
Painted initials frequency: rarely
Painted initials type: decorated
Ruling medium: single rastrum
Type of script: cursive (bastarda)
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 8, c. 1515-20, All folios
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