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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Physical type
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poetry collection with some notated music
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Material
paper
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parchment
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Format
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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3-part opening
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Indentation for Initials
none
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single
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varies
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empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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notation and staves extended into margin
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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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Type of Notation
German hufnagel
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full mensural
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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
fair
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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fully texted with one or two texts
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provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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Colour of Text
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brown
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
always
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rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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flourished
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decorated letters
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littera notabilior
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Separate text: provided, in dedicated space
Colour of text: brown
Number of staves: 2
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Contrapunctus seu figurata musica super plano cantu missarum solennium totius anni, Lyons, France, 1528, , August 1528, 90
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