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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notation and staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
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Type of Notation
chant (square)
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void mensural
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Monophonic Notation
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Level of Calligraphy
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signes-de-renvoi
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Copying of Text
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fully texted with one text
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Multiple Texts
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Miniatures Frequency
Borders Frequency
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Painted Initials Frequency
rarely
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Colour of text: black
Locations name: Glarus, Switzerland
Number of staves: 2
Number of staves: 4
Presence absence of text: untexted
Type of notation: void mensural
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Seville, Spain, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, MS 7-1-28, Late 15th century, All folios
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