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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Physical type
choirbook
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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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paper (with parchment)
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Space Provided for 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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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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Monophonic Notation
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coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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space-filler
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fully texted with one or two texts
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cursive
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rotonda
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never
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plain initials
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often
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end-symbol
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Number of staves: 5
Locations name: Brussels
Material: paper
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Montecassino, Italy, Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, MS 871, late 15th century, pp. 247-434
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