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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Material
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
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double and single rastra
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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reddish brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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cue notes
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Language
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Multiple Texts
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Borders Size
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Penned Initials Type
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Planned Initials Frequency
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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ornament
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Colour of text: brown
Non verbal performance instructions: signes-de-renvoi
Physical format: upright
Pricking frequency: always
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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