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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Physical type
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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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untexted
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cursive (German)
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
black
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red
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part opening
Number of staves: 2
Pricking frequency: none visible
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Eton, Great Britain, Eton College Library, MS 178, c. 1500-04, All folios
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