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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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
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Number of staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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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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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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space-filler
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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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Adhoc adaptation: Indentation for initials filled in
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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