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
choirbook
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
upright
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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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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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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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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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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provided with multiple incipits
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provided with single incipit
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hybrida
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Adhoc adaptation: notation extended into margin
Borders frequency: rarely
Copy language name: French
Monophonic notation: absent
Number of staves: 7
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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