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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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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 (Gothic)
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full mensural
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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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space-filler
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
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rarely
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plain initials
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Copy language name: Latin
Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Level of calligraphy music: fair
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS A 71 (olim 159), c. 1510-20, All folios
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