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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black
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end symbol
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pointers
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fully texted with one or two texts
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Level of Calligraphy
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Colour of Text
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Multiple Texts
no
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yes
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Borders Frequency
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littera notabilior
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Planned Initials Frequency
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normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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normally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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banner
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decorated letters
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decorative final long
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embellished final barline
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end-symbol
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Fioretti di frottole barzelette capitoli strambotti e sonetti libro secondo, Naples, Italy, 1519, , "Mccccc xviiii ad viiii de Octtobro", 48f.
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