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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non-music manuscript with interpolated polyphony
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paper
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parchment
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Space Provided for Separate Text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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other
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partial additional staves
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staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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dark brown
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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
high
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very high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Language
Latin
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fully texted and provided with incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (bastarda)
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cursive (humanistic)
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humanistic
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rotonda
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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full borders
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Painted Initials Frequency
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calligraphic
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
banner
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decorative final long
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littera notabilior
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Adhoc adaptation: notation and staves extended into margin
Colour of text: black
Multiple texts: no
Non verbal performance instructions: coronae
Separate text: no separate text
Type of notation: void mensural
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 337 (olim Palatino 1178), c. 1520, All folios
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