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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Painted Initials Frequency
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Painted Initials Type
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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zoomorphic initial
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Penned Initials Frequency
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normally
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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sometimes
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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historiated
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littera notabilior
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plain initials
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occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Planned Initials Type
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Other Decoration Frequency
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occasionally
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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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littera notabilior
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Jena, Germany, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, MS 2, c. 1515, All folios
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