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
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Material
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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not in dedicated space
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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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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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roman
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Colour of Text
black
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dark brown
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gold
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
rarely
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Borders Size
full borders
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partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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decorated
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Borders frequency: rarely
Indentation for initials: none
Monophonic notation: absent
Multiple texts: no
Physical type: choirbook
Ruling medium: double rastrum
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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