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
choirbook
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Pricking
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Colour of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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2-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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staves not ruled on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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numbers to indicate note lengths
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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fully texted with two or more texts
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fully texted with two texts
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
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calligraphic
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 52 (olim H.C.65; = MaiM 91), c. 1510 - after 1523, All folios
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