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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Material
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Format
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Indentation for Initials
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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made for complete additional staves
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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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chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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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
never
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decorated
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flourished
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plain initials
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Penned Initials Frequency
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end-symbol
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Level of calligraphy text: high
Multiple texts: no
Physical type: choirbook
Type of script: textura
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 34, c. 1515, All folios
Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 35, c. 1515, All folios
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