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
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Ruling Medium
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no separate text
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Adhoc Adaptation
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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Type of Notation
chant (Gothic)
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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fully texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
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provided with one or two incipits
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Miniatures Frequency
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Penned initials type: flourished
Colour of text: red
Level of calligraphy music: fair
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Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, MS Banco Rari 337 (olim Palatino 1178), c. 1520, All folios
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