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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Material
parchment
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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2-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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variable space, not on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
partial additional staves
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
full mensural
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
pointers
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Latin
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fully texted with one or two texts
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fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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antiqua
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cursive (Anglicana)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
rarely
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Borders Frequency
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Borders Size
partial borders: one-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
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calligraphic with decoration
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decorated letters
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ornament
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Material: parchment
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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