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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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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signa congruentiae
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: black
Disposition of voice part exact%3a4-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Number of staves: 7
Painted initials type: decorated
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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