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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Manuscript
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choirbook
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partbook (single)
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Pricking
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
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signa congruentiae
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provided with one or two incipits
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Colour of staves: brown
Disposition of voice part: 1-part single page
Presence absence of text: partially texted with one text
Number of staves: 3
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Toledo, Spain, Catedral, Obra y Fabrica, MS Reservado 23, c. 1520-1535, All folios
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