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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paper
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parchment
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Space Provided for 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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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
chant (Gothic)
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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
end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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Type of Script
cursive
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display script
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hybrida
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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blue
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dark brown
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yellow
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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normally
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calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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Guide letters only
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Other Decoration Frequency
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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littera notabilior
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Colour of notation: brown
Colour of text: black
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Penned initials type: calligraphic with decoration
Physical format: upright
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 230 (olim Magliabechi XIX.141), c. 1500-1513, before 1515, All folios
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