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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composite manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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Material
paper
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oblong
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Size of Music Text Area
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double rastrum
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empty ruled staves on grid
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
repeat signs
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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black
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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always
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calligraphic with decoration
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plain initials
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Level of calligraphy text: high
Monophonic notation: absent
Non verbal performance instructions: repeat signs
Penned initials frequency: always
Pricking frequency: none visible
Production method: Manuscript
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
Florence, Italy, Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, MS Basevi 2441, 1510-1515, All folios
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