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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Pricking
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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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Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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display script
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hybrida
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Copy language name: French
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 4-part opening
Indentation for initials: single
Number of staves: 10
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Modena, Italy, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alpha.M.1.2 (Lat. 457; olim VI.H.I), c. 1505, All folios
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