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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choirbook
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paper
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parchment
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Pricking
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Number of staves
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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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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
3
staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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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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signes-de-renvoi
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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cursive (italic)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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brown
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dark brown
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light brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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partial borders: one-sided
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often
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decorated
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Guide letters only
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of notation: red
Level of calligraphy music: high
Number of staves: 10
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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