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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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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Size (height in mm)
Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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brown
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Type of Notation
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
end symbol
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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black
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Other Decoration Type
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Other decoration frequency: sometimes
Level of calligraphy text: fair
Colour of staves: brown
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Royal 11 E. xi, 1516, All folios
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