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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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partbook (single)
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paper
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parchment
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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straightedge
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Number of staves
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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provided, in dedicated space
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notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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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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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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brown
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated letters
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diagrams
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: black
Material exact%3apaper
Penned initials type: flourished
Pricking frequency: none visible
Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 6 (= MaiM 2), c. 1508-30, All folios
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