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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Physical type
choirbook
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choirbook (single quire(s))
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Material
paper
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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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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Type of Notation
full mensural
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absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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high
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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fully texted with one or two texts
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated with grotesque heads
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Adhoc adaptation: made for complete additional staves
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Indentation for initials: single
Number of staves: 9
Penned initials frequency: sometimes
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
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