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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Indentation for Initials
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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void mensural
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absent
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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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Language
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fully texted with one or two texts
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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littera notabilior
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Borders frequency: sometimes
Colour of notation: black
Colour of staves: brown
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 13
Painted initials type: flourished
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Cambridge, Great Britain, Gonville and Caius College, MS 667/760, Late 1520s, All folios
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