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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Physical type
choirbook
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Material
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
none
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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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 (square)
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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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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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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blue
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
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littera notabilior
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Disposition of voice part: 2-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 3-part single page
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Physical type: choirbook
Production method: Manuscript
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Modena, Italy, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Modena-Nonantola, MS Mus. IV, c. 1520-30, All folios
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