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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Pricking
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
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Ruling Medium
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3-part consecutive
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varies
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empty ruled staves on grid
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
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Indentation for initials filled in
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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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Monophonic Notation
absent
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present
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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poor
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Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
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end symbol
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repeat signs
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signa congruentiae
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
Language
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted and provided with incipit
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provided with single incipit
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Colour of Text
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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
never
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occasionally
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Borders Size
partial borders: one- and two-sided
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partial borders: two-sided
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Painted Initials Frequency
always
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never
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normally
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decorated
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zoomorphic initial
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never
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Other Decoration Type
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littera notabilior
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Number of staves: 11
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Mus. 40021 (olim Z 21), c. 1485-1500, All folios
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