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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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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fully texted with one text
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cursive (bastarda)
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display script
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textura
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Miniatures Frequency
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full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
Penned Initials Type
Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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banner
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Extra space: staves not ruled on grid
Number of staves: 8
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Pricking frequency: sometimes
Ruling medium: single rastrum
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS 215-216, between 1503-18, perhaps 1516, All folios
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