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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paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Ruling Medium
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Number of staves
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6
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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notation extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
dark brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
signa congruentiae
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Flemish
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French
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fully texted with one or two texts
2
fully texted with one text
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provided with single incipit
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Type of Script
cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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fair
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black
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reddish brown
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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Copy language name: French
Colour of notation: dark brown
Type of script: cursive (humanistic)
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London, Great Britain, British Library, MS Additional 31922, c. 1510-20, All folios
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