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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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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provided, in dedicated space
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Material: paper
Non verbal performance instructions: signa congruentiae
Number of staves: 4
Number of staves: 6
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 6 (= MaiM 2), c. 1508-30, All folios
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