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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partial additional staves
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Type of Notation
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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flourished
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historiated
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Planned Initials Frequency
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
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often
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sometimes
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Other Decoration Type
decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Munich, Germany, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musica MS 3 (olim H.C.1; = MaiM 8), c. 1520-5, All folios
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