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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empty ruled staves on grid
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no separate text
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provided, in dedicated space
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made for complete additional staves
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notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
2
Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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pointers
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive (bastarda)
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Miniatures Frequency
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
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never
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
occasionally
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sometimes
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often
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decorated letters
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Colour of text: red
Physical format: upright
Physical type: choirbook
Extra space: empty ruled staves on grid
Copy language name: Latin
Multiple texts: no
Penned initials frequency: normally
Indentation for initials: none
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Brussels, Belgium, Bibliothèque Royal Albert 1er/Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, MS II.270, c. 1500, 121-144
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