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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music treatise(s) containing polyphony
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Pricking
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2-part consecutive
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2-part single page
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3-part opening
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4-part consecutive
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5-part consecutive
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Indentation for Initials
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empty ruled staves on grid
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notation and staves extended into margin
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partial additional staves
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
numbers to indicate note lengths
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Borders Frequency
occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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always
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decorated
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Disposition of voice part: 5-part consecutive
Type of notation: void mensural
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Basel, Switzerland, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, MS F X 1-4, c. 1518-1526, D: 14-92; A: 15-88; T: 34-116; B: 14-91
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