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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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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left below voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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varies
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textura
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
Indentation for initials: single
Colour of staves: brown
Level of calligraphy music: poor
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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