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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Manuscript
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choirbook
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parchment
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empty ruled staves on grid
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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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notation extended into margin
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staveline added
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black
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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provided with multiple incipits
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Multiple Texts
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
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partial borders: one-sided
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plain initials
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Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy music: very high
Level of calligraphy text: high
Painted initials type: decorated
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 6 (= MaiM 2), c. 1508-30, All folios
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