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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partbook (single)
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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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
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signa congruentiae
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Copying of Text
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untexted
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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
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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partial borders: one- and two-sided
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occasionally
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 4
Number of staves: 7
Penned initials type: flourished
Physical format: upright
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 5665, c.1460-1510, All folios
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