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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parchment
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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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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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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fully texted with one text
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cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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black
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yes
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Borders Frequency
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Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Disposition of voice part: 3-part opening
Level of calligraphy text: high
Number of staves: 10
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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