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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Material
paper
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Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
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Ruling Medium
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Indentation for Initials
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
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left between voice parts as part of grid
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variable space, not on grid
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no separate text
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made for complete additional staves
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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
chant (Gothic)
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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
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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fully texted with one or two texts
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textura
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
black
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brown
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Multiple Texts
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yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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rarely
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
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Penned initials type: littera notabilior
Colour of notation: black
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Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Rés. Vmc. 57, c. 1470, All folios
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