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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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
never
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Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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empty ruled staves on grid
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notation and staves extended into margin
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staveline added
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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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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repeat signs
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Copying of Text
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Painted Initials Type
calligraphic with decoration
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Penned Initials Frequency
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Penned initials type: plain initials
Disposition of voice part: 4-part single page
Material: paper
Adhoc adaptation: partial additional staves
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Kraków, Poland, Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Berlin MS Mus. 40098 (olim Z 98 and Z 8037), c. 1477-82, Discantus partbook, all folios
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