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
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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very poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
cue notes
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none
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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cursive (German)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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Multiple Texts
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Penned Initials Frequency
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calligraphic
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littera notabilior
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decorated letters
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Bologna, Italy, Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna, MS Q 19, c. 1518, All folios
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